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

Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..

Disseizing :: Disseizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseiz.

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..

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..

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

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

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

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..

Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..

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..

Rapture :: Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

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

Prensation :: Prensation (n.) The act of seizing with violence.

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

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..

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

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