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Clutches definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLUTCHES, plu.
1. The paws or talons of a rapacious animal, as of a cat or dog.
2. The hands, in the sense of rapacity or cruelty, or of power.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. pl. 1. Paws, talons, claws. 2. Hands (implying rapacity or cruelty), power, cruel power.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Hands, gripe, power.

Moby Thesaurus

administration, authority, claws, command, control, digits, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fangs, fingernails, fingers, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, helm, hold, hooks, iron hand, jaws, jurisdiction, mandibles, mastership, mastery, maxillae, meathooks, mitts, nails, nippers, palm, pincers, pounces, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, sway, talons, teeth, unguals, ungulae