Seizing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Seizing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seizing n small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) Synonym(s): grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seize \Seize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See {Set}, v. t.] 1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. For by no means the high bank he could seize. --Spenser. Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The royalties and rights of banished Hereford? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seizing \Seiz"ing\, n. 1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly. 2. (Naut.) (a) The operation of fastening together or lashing. (b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.