Firm hold or grasp; the action of gripping, grasping, or clutching; esp. the tight or strained grasp of the hand upon an object (cf. handgrip, n.)…
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > [noun] > possession and control > possession and power or clutches (15) gripOE Firm hold or grasp; the action of gripping, grasping, or clutching; esp. the tight or strained grasp of the hand upon an object (cf. handgrip, n.)… handgripOE An act of grasping or seizing with the hand, esp. when fighting; a grip, a grasp. Now chiefly in phrases, as to come to handgrips, to be at (also in)… crook?c1225 A crooked claw, as of a beast or fiend; passing into sense ‘clutch’. (Cf. clutch, n.1 1–3.) fist1297 The hand clenched or closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm. for clasping or holding something within. Hence also, grasp, grip… fangera1300 That with which one catches hold (e.g. a tooth). holtc1375 Hold, grasp, grip; support, sustenance. dialect and U.S. colloquial. Cf. aholt, adv. in one's clawsc1386 figurative. (Chiefly in in one's claws, etc., implying the notion of seizing, or having in one's possession or power.) to pare the claws of is a… clutcha1529 The hand, or more commonly in plural ‘hands in a sense of rapacity and cruelty’ (Johnson). In the expressions in, into, out of his clutches, the… handgripe1534 = handgrip, n. 1. Cf. handy-gripe n. at handy, adj. adv.compounds 1. clamps1548 plural. Claws, ‘clutches’; = clam, n.1 3. Obsolete. clums1567 plural. Clutches, (= clams, see clam, n.1 3). clamsa1569 plural. Clutches, claws. Obsolete. embracement1599 figurative. pounce1614 figurative. Cf. clutch, n.1 Obsolete. embracea1627 transferred and figurative. |
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