\Tak"ing\, a.
1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

         Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
                                               --Fuller.

2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. --
   {Tak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Tak"ing*ness}, n.

\Tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure;
   apprehension.

2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.]

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

3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] --Shak.