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The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne.

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite. I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite. Walton.

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. Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone.

Act of seizing; a grasp. Sir P. Sidney.

The act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.

The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Abbott.

f bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.

Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. Milton.

Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.

Seizing; embracing; catching.

A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. Totten.

The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. J. H. Burton.

r cooled) to give the maximum thermodynamic efficiency and to avoid excessive friction or seizing.

ing the family Alcedinidæ. 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.…

on; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods. To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.