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Clash gearClashed
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Clashing
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Clasp
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Clasp lock
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Clasped
Clasper
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class Acrasiomycetes
class act
class Actinozoa
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class Amphibia
class Angiospermae
class Anthoceropsida
class Anthozoa
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class Arachnida
class Archiannelida
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CLASPING, ppr.
1. Twining round; catching and holding; embracing; inclosing; shutting or fastening with a clasp.
2. In botany, surrounding the stem at the base, as a leaf.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Clasp Clasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.] 1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp). 2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace. 3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. ``Clasping ivy.'' --Milton.
