Clutch, vb. 1) to clench: “putting the hand in the pocket and extracting it --ed,” Meas. III, 2, 50. “not that I have the power to c. my hand, when his fair angels would salute my palm,” John II, 589.
2) to grasp: “in thy hands --ed as many millions,” Cor. III, 3, 71.* “come, let me c. thee,” Mcb. II, 1, 34.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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