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

Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..

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..

Moloch :: Moloch (n.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

Spin :: Spin (n.) The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle..

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

Tourn :: Tourn (n.) A spinning wheel.

Myelon :: Myelon (n.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel..

Gut :: Gut (n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line..

Thorny :: Thorny (superl.) Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown..

Interspinal :: Interspinal (a.) Alt. of Interspinou.

Spinulose :: Spinulescent (a.) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.

Blackthorn :: Blackthorn (n.) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe..

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

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe..

Agasp :: Agasp (adv. & a.) In a state of gasping.

Spindleshanks :: Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Fate :: Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread..

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