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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..

Lynch :: Lynch (v. t.) To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law..

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

Recapture :: Recapture (v. t.) To capture again; to retake.

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

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

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

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

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

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

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..

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

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