Bible Dictionaries
Ketch

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, - usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.

(2):

(v. t.) To catch.

(3):

(n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ketch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​k/ketch.html. 1828.