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▪ I. clasping, vbl. n.|ˈklɑːspɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. clasp v.]
The action of the vb. clasp.
1460–5Churchw. Acc. St. Andrew's East Cheap in Brit. Mag. XXXI. 396 Payd for clapsyng and glewing of the bokys. 1562T. Phaer æneid viii. 192 (R.) Mens bodies dead he did deuise to ioyne to bodies quick..In wretched claspings vyle. 1601Holland Pliny I. 542 The Iuie..that with clipping and clasping bindeth trees. 1608Shakes. Per. i. i. 128 Your untimely claspings with your child. 1850Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile Poems I. 18 Their faces shine Betwixt the solemn claspings of their wings.
▪ II. ˈclasping, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That clasps; grasping, embracing, enclosing.
1611Cotgr., Veuilles, the clasping tendrels..of a Vine. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 217 Direct The clasping Ivie where to climb. 1717Pope Eloisa 234 My clasping arms. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 172 Clasping lanceolate..leaves. |
