2. (Mach.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an
object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing
press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to
the form.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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