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

Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..

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

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

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

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..

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

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

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

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..

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..

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..

Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

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