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Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.

List :: List (n.) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

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

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Hold :: Hold (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..

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..

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

Clutch :: Clutch (v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

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

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..

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..

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

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

Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.

Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..

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