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• Catch points — and trap points are types of turnout which act as railway safety devices. Both work by guiding railway carriages and trucks from a dangerous route onto a separate, safer track. Catch points are used to vehicles which are out of control on steep… …   Wikipedia

• Catch — Catch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Catch-22 (logic) — Catch 22 is a term coined by Joseph Heller in his novel Catch 22, describing a false dilemma in a rule, regulation, procedure or situation, where no real choice exists. In probability theory, it refers to a situation in which multiple… …   Wikipedia

• Short-tail stingray — Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• catch\ one's\ death\ of — • catch one s death of • take one s death of v. phr. informal To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold. Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. Johnny! Come right… …   Словарь американских идиом

• Catch title — A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Catch the Hare — is a two player abstract strategy game from Europe, and perhaps specifically from Spain. It is a hunt game, and since it uses an Alquerque board, it is specifically a tiger hunt game (or tiger game). In some variants, some or all of the diagonal… …   Wikipedia

• catch crop — catch cropping. a crop that reaches maturity in a relatively short time, often planted as a substitute for a crop that has failed or at a time when the ground would ordinarily lie fallow, as between the plantings of two staple crops. [1880 85] *… …   Universalium

• catch|weed — «KACH WEED», noun. a climbing plant having short, hooked bristles that stick to hedges, clothing, or hides; cleavers …   Useful english dictionary

• catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Catch-22 — For other uses, see Catch 22 (disambiguation). Catch 22   …   Wikipedia