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n.
A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.
n.
A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
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.
n.
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
v. t.
A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
v. t.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
n.
A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
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.
n.
A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.
n.
A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.
v. t.
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Clasp
v. t.
To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
a.
Clasping; climbing as a tendril.
imp. & p. p.
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v. t.
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
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.
a.
Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
n.
One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.
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