Part 2035

<blockquote>His sunny hair <b>Cluster'd</b> about his temples, like a god's. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The princes of the country <b>clustering</b> together. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cluster</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clus"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.</def>

<blockquote>Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove <b>cluster</b> dappled bells. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Or from the forest falls the <b>clustered</b> snow. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Clustered column</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clusteringly</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clus"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In clusters.</def>

<h1>Clustery</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clus"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cluster</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Clutch</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clutch</hw> <tt>(kl\'dcch; 224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cloche</ets>, <ets>cloke</ets>, claw, Scot. <ets>clook</ets>, <ets>cleuck</ets>, also OE. <ets>cleche</ets> claw, <ets>clechen</ets>, <ets>cleken</ets>, to seize; cf. AS. <ets>gel\'91ccan</ets> (where <ets>ge-</ets> is a prefix) to seize. Cf. <er>Latch</er> a catch.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.</def> "The <i>clutch</i> of poverty."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>An expiring <b>clutch</b> at popularity. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But Age, with his stealing steps, Hath clawed me in his <b>clutch</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; <as>as, to fall into the <ex>clutches</ex> of an adversary</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the <b>clutches</b> of such a giant. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The nest complement of eggs of a bird.</def>

<cs><col>Bayonet clutch</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clutch</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clutch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clutched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clutching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>clucchen</ets>. See <er>Clutch</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; <as>as, to <ex>clutch</ex> power</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A man may set the poles together in his head, and <b>clutch</b> the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ? Come, let me <b>clutch</b> thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To close tightly; to clinch.</def>