Sentence:  “And, dear miss, you won't harry me and storm at me, will you? because you seem to swell so tall as a lion then, and it frightens me! Do you know, I fancy you would be a match for any man when you are in one o' your <WSD>takings</WSD>.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression "in a taking").