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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SE'IZING, ppr. Falling on and grasping suddenly; laying hold on suddenly; taking possession by force, or taking by warrant; fastening.
SE'IZING, n.
1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly.
2. In seamen's language, the operation of fastening together ropes with a cord; also, the cord or cords used for such fastening.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the cord or lashing used in binding or fastening b. the fastening so made — see knot illustration 2. the operation of fastening together or lashing with tarred small stuff

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Naut. a cord or cords used for seizing (see SEIZE 10).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.