claspingn.
/ˈklɑːspɪŋ//ˈklaspɪŋ/ The action of clasp v.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with other specific fastenings
chaininga1387
hookingc1430
clasping1460
spanning1527
buckling1625
wedging1678
fishing1798
screw-bolting1831
slinging1833
stapling1898
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing
clippingc1230
embracingc1386
halsing1387
collinga1425
amplection1474
embracement1485
culling1490
bracingc1540
clasping1562
embrace1599
embrasure1609
hugging1616
bosoming1624
amplexation1634
embrassade1830
huddling1869
lapping-
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > surrounding closely or tightly
clipping1434
clasping1609
clasp1614
embracement1626
enlacing1633
enlacement1830
1460–5 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Andrew's, Eastcheap in Brit. Mag. 31 396 Payd for clapsyng and glewing of the bokys.
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 192 (R.) Mens bodies dead he did deuise to ioyne to bodies quick..In wretched claspings vyle.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 542 The Iuie..that with clipping and clasping bindeth trees.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles i. 171 Your vntimely claspings with your Child. View more context for this quotation
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 23 Their faces shine Betwixt the solemn claspings of their wings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
claspingadj.
That clasps; grasping, embracing, enclosing.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounding closely or tightly
embracing1590
clasping1611
inarming1612
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > apt or tending to adhere
adherent?1541
stickingc1550
adhering1592
clasping1611
cleaving1641
clunging1647
tenacious1656
adhesive1663
clinginga1763
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [adjective]
clippinga1586
yoking1593
clasping1717
hugging1841
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Veuilles, the clasping tendrels..of a Vine.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 217 Direct The clasping Ivie where to climb. View more context for this quotation
1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 429 My clasping arms.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 172 Clasping lanceolate..leaves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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