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catch1 verb To harness (a horse or mule). [DARE labels this usage [DARE "chiefly South, South Midland]
1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee Creek NC) A couple of old gentlemen raised in this country here ... went down to the barn one morning to catch a mule.1942 Campbell Cloud-Walking 16 He pulled on his britches to go catch up the nag for Sary.
catch2 verb Of a midwife: to assist in the delivery of a baby.
1939 Hall Coll (Chestnut Branch NC) I catched them in Middlesboro, and I catched them Cumberland Gap, and I catched them at this place out here.