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Capture :: Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey..

Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..

Captive :: Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..

Captured :: Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Captur.

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..

Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..

Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..

Recaptor :: Recaptor (n.) One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..

Sea Serpent :: Sea serpent () A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured..

Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Capture :: Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction..

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Maiden :: Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated..

Lodgment :: Lodgment (v.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment..

Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

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