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Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth..

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Raid :: Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury..

Investiture :: Investiture (n.) Livery of seizin.

Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin..

Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

Catching :: Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Fox :: Fox (n.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats..

Ouster :: Ouster (n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.

Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The thing possessed; property.

Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..

Rapine :: Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.

Seizin :: Seizin (n.) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership..

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Capture :: Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal..

Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..

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