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Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.

Knurl :: Knurl (v. t.) To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill..

Craspedote :: Craspedote (a.) Of or pertaining to the Craspedota.

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..

Rasp :: Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file..

Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..

Hold :: Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..

Rasper :: Rasper (n.) One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper..

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..

Sphaerospore :: Sphaerospore (n.) One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..

Cloudberry :: Cloudberry (n.) A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamaemerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit..

Craspedota :: Craspedota (n. pl.) The hydroid or naked-eyed medusae. See Hydroidea.

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

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

Superstition :: Superspinous (a.) Supraspinuos.

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

Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry..

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