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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a large knife with one or more folding blades [syn: clasp knife, jackknife]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1734 pocketknife; especially a large one-bladed folding knife having a catch to hold the blade open

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clasp Clasp, n. 1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc. 2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.