Clasp, subst., 1) a catch to hold something together: “with coral --s and amber studs,” Pilgr. 366 (not Shakespearean). “that book in many's eyes doth share the glory, that in gold --s locks in the golden story,” Rom. I, 3, 92.
2) embrace: “the gross --s of a lascivious Moor,” Oth. I, 1, 127.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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