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Bite :: Bite (v.) The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..

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

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.

Reseizure :: Reseizure (n.) A second seizure; the act of seizing again.

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

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..

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..

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The operation of fastening together or lashing.

Houseline :: Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

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..

Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..

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..

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

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

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

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.

Seizing :: Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seiz.

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