taking

Distress of mind.--Johnson.

What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket?--Shakspeare.

What! alack!

Yours is the last year's almanack!

And so the day you made mistake in?

The king is in a dreadful taking!--Reynard the Fox, p. 60.

I told you I was goin' to get things to rights and when I got here, I found them in a terrible taking.--Maj. Downing's Letters, p. 18.

Taking
·adj Infectious; contageous. II. Taking ·noun Malign influence; infection. III. Taking ·adj Apt to...

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Leave-taking
·noun Taking of leave; parting compliments. ...

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Nap-taking
·noun A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. ...

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Side-taking
·noun A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. ...

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Taking-off
·add. ·noun The removal of sheets from the press. II. Taking-off ·noun Removal; murder. ·see To tak...

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taking in
The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...

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taking off
Said of tides, when decreasing from the spring-tides. ...

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water-taking
A pond, the water of which is potable. ...

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taking a departure
Determining the place of a ship by means of the bearing and distance of a known object, and assuming...

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