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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.

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.

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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.) 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..

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

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

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