Clasp, vb., 1) trans., a) to fasten together, to shut: though forfeiters you (seals of wax) “cast in prison, yet you c. young Cupid's tables,” Cymb. III, 2, 39.
b) to join: “we'll c. hands,” Per. II, 4, 57.
c) to embrace: “a slave, whom Fortune's tender arm with favour never --ed,” Tim. IV, 3, 251. “I am glad to c. thee,” Troil. IV, 5, 204.
2) intr., to cling: “and --ing to the mast, endured a sea that almost burst the deck,” Per. IV, 1, 56.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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