(n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
(n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
(v. t.) To catch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A bedroom at JP Ketch cottage, St John’s Point.
(2) Photograph: Alamy There are whales and dolphins just off the coast, and it is possible to avoid the more commercial whale-watching trips; I sailed with skipper João Vieira on the Ilhéu , an elegant 1946 ketch.
(3) They were refused passports, but Mosley stood by his rights under Magna Carta and bought a 60-ton ketch to sail to Lisbon in 1949 (the day before departure, passports arrived in the post).
Saic
Definition:
(n.) A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.
Example Sentences:
(1) Joe Simone, director of Hong-Kong based intellectual property consultancy SIPS, said: “The frankness of the report and its condemning tone are unprecedented and speak volumes about what the SAIC found in its inspection.” Alibaba retaliated by accusing the SAIC official in charge of internet monitoring, Liu Hongliang, of unspecified “procedural misconduct” and said it would file a formal complaint.
(2) Companies including SAIC, a huge defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, AT&T and Time Warner Cable have lobbied for the bill and contributed funds to the political action committee of Mike Rogers, the bill's sponsor.
(3) The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said in a report published on Wednesday that many products sold through Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall platforms infringed trademarks or were substandard, fake, illegal or dangerous.
(4) ‘Condemning tone’ According to the SAIC report, Alibaba officials said in the July meeting that they would rectify the problems.
(5) Alibaba accused the SAIC official in charge of internet monitoring, Liu Hongliang, of unspecified “procedural misconduct”.
(6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The SAIC said the document was based on a meeting held between its officials and Alibaba representatives in July 2014, which it had delayed releasing to avoid affecting the company’s New York float in September.