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Clasp   /klæsp/   Listen
noun
Clasp  n.  
1.
An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
2.
A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.
Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.


verb
Clasp  v. t.  (past & past part. clasped; pres. part. clasping)  
1.
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
2.
To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
3.
To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy."





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"Clasp" Quotes from Famous Books



... had the same hopes and the same downfall, yet through those hours in the little white-washed bed-room, with the locust boughs tapping against the window, the memory that I strenuously put away of that warm clasp, of the new tenderness in the voice that had called me by my name, softened the sharp pangs of disappointment; and he, at least, would not fail ...
— A Village Ophelia and Other Stories • Anne Reeve Aldrich
... peaceful kisses, They scarce outlived the moment's breath; But now we clasp immortal blisses Of passion ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XI., February, 1863, No. LXIV. • Various
... fair Sion's hill, Where angel hosts in bliss abide, Shall we not clasp the hands of those Whom once ...
— Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century • Edmund O. Jones
... visibility of the human nose, a small parcel of something, a nail file, and other minor articles are disclosed before she disinters her purse from the bottom of her hand bag. Another struggle with the clasp of the purse ensues; finally, one by one, five coppers are fished up out of the depths and presented to the conductor. The lady has made a difficult, complicated rite of what might have been a simple and ...
— 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' AND 'Isn't That Just Like a Man!' • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
... rides they were! Dick, wise beyond his years, would lag behind or canter a long way in front; and Nell and Drake would be left alone to whisper together, or clasp hands in silent ecstasy. ...
— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice


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