Definition of taking

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Taking (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.

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Loamy :: Loamy (a.) Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc..
Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..
Completion :: Completion (n.) The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service..
Quadripartition :: Quadripartition (n.) A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number..
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir..
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office..
Taking :: Taking (a.) Infectious; contageous.
Stake :: Staking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stak.
Declinator :: Declinator (n.) An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
Marly :: Marly (superl.) Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.
Hagbut :: Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim..
Pool :: Pool (n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table..
Incarnation :: Incarnation (n.) The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature..
Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value..
Macaranga Gum :: Macaranga gum () A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine..
Congenial :: Congenial (a.) Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea..
Unsaturated :: Unsaturated (a.) Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated..
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