*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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. “The claspers of vines.” Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. (b) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimæra. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with tendrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp. ] To clasp. See Inclasp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + clasp. Cf. Enclasp. ] To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [ Written also enclasp. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The flattering ivy who did ever see
Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. F. Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To clasp or unite again. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul, as a leaf or petiole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + clasp. ] To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened with, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp the hands; to unclasp one's heart. [ 1913 Webster ]