Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clasping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
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.'' --Milton.
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