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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.

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

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

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.

Captor :: Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize..

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

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

Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..

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

Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

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..

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property..

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

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