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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_98270" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_98270" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50133" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50133" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> CAT </strong> . This animal is mentioned only in the Apocr. [Note: Apocrypha, Apocryphal.] (Ep. Jer v. 22 [Gr. 21]). There are two species of wild cat in the [[Holy]] Land. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15389" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15389" /> == | ||
