Compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat Grose

Compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat Grose

Compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat Grose

Cat-sticks. Thin legs; compared to the thin sticks with which boys play at cat (Grose).

Catsup or ketchup. A corruption of the Eastern name of "Kitjap." Is then the syllable "cat" a pun on "kit" or "kitten" (a young cat)? Surely not.

Cattaria. Nepeta Cattaria. Mentha felina, the herb cat-mint.