Definition of clasp

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Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

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Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..
Clip :: Clip (n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc..
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril..
Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip..
Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..
Jackknife :: "Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife..
Claspered :: Claspered (a.) Furnished with tendrils.
Stemless :: Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) A tendril or clasper.
Pterygopodium :: Pterygopodium (n.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper..
Infold :: Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
Amplectant :: Amplectant (a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils..
Morse :: Morse (n.) A clasp for fastening garments in front.
Hug :: Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling..
Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
Slide :: Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like..
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