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

Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..

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.

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

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

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

Net :: Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.

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

Piscicapture :: Piscicapture (n.) Capture of fishes, as by angling..

Pregnable :: Pregnable (a.) Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort..

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

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

Madrague :: Madrague (n.) A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

Pelican :: Pelican (n.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored..

Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..

Force :: Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress..

Overtake :: Overtake (v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.

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

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

Recapture :: Recapture (n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

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