Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ketch \Ketch\ (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
   q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. {Ca["i]que}.] (Naut.)
   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}.

Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or
   buzzing noise, Gr. ?.]
   1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]

            A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,
            would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber
            beneath.                              --Bacon.

   2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired
      from mortars. See {Shell}.

   3. A bomb ketch.

   {Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with
      gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by
      its explosion.

   {Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,
      very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be
      used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar
      vessel}.

   {Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used
      in whale fishing.

   {Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
      ``I noticed volcanic bombs.'' --Darwin.