clasp

• If the young lady had known where her clasp was to be found, she certainly would not have asked him to look for it; but he was himself well pleased to have encountered any danger for her sake, and in thoughtful mood he returned to the cottage, and repaired to his humble couch to dream of Anne Saint John Why, Henry, what hast thee been doing to face and hands, boy?" —  The Grateful Indian And other Stories
• They had just time to give each other a firm and reassuring hand-clasp, when the key grated in the rusty lock outside, the bolts were slipped back with a grinding noise, and the door creaked open on its hinges, disclosing, against the semi-darkness of the long corridor, the form of a man, robed from head to foot in black. —  Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
• He held the girl in a tight clasp, and kept hoping the rope would not break, or any other accident happen. —  Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School
• They met and remained in contact more familiar than a hand-clasp, more communicative, more expressive. —  Chance A Tale in Two Parts
• Then they returned to the carcass of the bull, and cut off a large quantity of meat, using the cutlass as well as their clasp-knives in the operation Cut the meat in thin slices," said Mark Breezy, when they began this work Why you so 'ticklar, massa?" —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar

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