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Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Rasping :: Rasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ras.

Scobiform :: Scobiform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings..

Engrasping :: Engrasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engras.

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..

Scobs :: Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance..

Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..

Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..

Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

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