Definition of Seizings

1. Etymology 1. Things seized ¹

2. Etymology 2. (plural of seizing) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seizings

1. seizing [n] - See also: seizing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seizings

seize up
seize upon
seize with teeth
seized
seized up
seized upon
seizer
seizers
seizes
seizes up
seizes upon
seizin
seizing
seizing up
seizing upon
seizings (current term)
seizins
seizor
seizors
seizure
seizure-alert dog
seizureless
seizurelike
seizures
sejant
sejeant
sejoin
sejoined
sejoining
sejoins

Literary usage of Seizings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spiritual Magazine (1867)
"He then searched their pockets for the seizings, but could find none, so he let them go. Then he called them all again to him, and said, ' Hear what I shall ..."

2. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1884)
"Spun-yarn is always in great demand aboard ship, being used for seizings, service, ... It makes a neat seizing, and is used for the end seizings of light ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"A bend is Bade in the stay or shroud round its own part and hove together with a bar and strand ; two or three seizings diminishing in size (one round and ..."

4. Narratives of the Sufferings of Richard Seller: A Member of the Religious by Richard Seller (1832)
"... and I •went and sat down upon another chest-lid beside him, then he fell on me and beat me again, then called his boy to bring his two seizings, ..."

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