n. [ Icel. kjöt flesh; akin to Sw. kött, Dan. kjöd. ] Carrion; any filth. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perh. of Amer. Indian origin. ] (Zool.) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of inferior value, which in the autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco and Kamchatka. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. [ See Catch. ] To catch. [ Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hangman. See Jack Ketch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. qāīq : cf. F. caiche. Cf. Caïque. ] (Naut.)
Bomb ketch.
pr>(?), n. [ Probably of East Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East Indian pickles. Cf. also Malay k&ebreve_;chap fish sauce. MW10. ] A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes, flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also
n. [ See Ketone. ] (Chem.) One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Bot.) The name of certain African species of
n. [ Ketone + indol. ] (Chem.) One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol. [ 1913 Webster ]
Methyl ketol,
n. [ Cf. Acetone. ] (Chem.) One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (
☞ The ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to the stems of the organic acids from which they are respectively derived; thus, acetic acid gives acetone; butyric acid, butyrone, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]