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clutching |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clutch \Clutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clutched}; p. pr & vb n. {Clutching}.] [OE. clucchen See {Clutch}, n.] 1. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as to clutch power. A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. --Collier. Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ? Come let me clutch thee. --Shak. 2. To close tightly; to clinch. Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. --Shak.
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