Definition of taking

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Taking (a.) Infectious; contageous.

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Corkage :: Corkage (n.) The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
Bite :: Bite (v.) The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects..
Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
Glairy :: Glairy (a.) Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy..
Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..
Niveous :: Niveous (a.) Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song..
Mistaking :: Mistaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistak.
Careful :: Careful (a.) Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right..
Theanthropical :: Theanthropical (a.) Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Loamy :: Loamy (a.) Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..
Intussusception :: Intussusception (n.) The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..
Election :: Election (a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other..
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
Disinterment :: Disinterment (n.) The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation..
Syrupy :: Syrupy (a.) Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities..
Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity..
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