Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk.
"Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks." Bacon.
KET
Ket, n. Etym: [Icel. kjöt flesh; akin to Sw. kött, Dan. kjöd.]
Defn: Carrion; any filth. [Prob. Eng.] Halliwell.
KETA
Ke"ta, n. [Perh. of Amer. Indian origin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of inferior value, which in the autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco and Kamchatka.
KETCH
Ketch, n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. qaiq : cf. F. caiche. Cf.
Caïque.] (Naut.)
Defn: An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, — usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden. Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
KETCH
Ketch, n.
Defn: A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
KETCH
Ketch, v. t. Etym: [See Catch.]