clutching

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clutching - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clutch \Clutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched (kl[u^]cht); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Clutching.] [OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]
     1. To seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws;
        -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
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              A man may set the poles together in his head, and
              clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
                                                    --Collier.
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              Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ?
              Come, let me clutch thee.             --Shak.
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     2. To close tightly; to clinch.
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              Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. --Shak.
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