Definition of clasp

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Clasp (v. t.) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.

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Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
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..
Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
Portcrayon :: Portcrayon (n.) A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
Enclasp :: Enclasp (v. t.) To clasp. See Inclasp.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
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..
Interfolded :: Interfolded (p. a.) Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.
Slide :: Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like..
Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife..
Infold :: Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
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..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril..
Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..
Jackknife :: "Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife..
Unclasp :: Unclasp (v. t.) To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart..
Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife..
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..
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