CLUTCH
NOUNS
► DAB a clutch or snatch → 1880 Sc.
VERBS
► BEFANG to clutch; to seize upon → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLITCH to clutch; to grasp tightly → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANG ON to clutch; to seize → 1893 Eng. dial.
► GAIT to clutch at; to seize suddenly or violently → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAMP to clutch wildly at → a1300 obs.
► SCRAMP to clutch; to seize, to snatch at; to stretch forth the hands to grasp → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIT to clutch; to seize; to lay hold of forcibly → c1425 obs.
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