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Definition of Clasps
1. clasp [v] - See also: clasp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clasps
| clasp clasp-knife clasp-knife effect clasp-knife rigidity clasp-knife spasticity clasp arm clasp guideline clasp knife clasped clasper | claspered claspers clasping clasps (current term) claspt |
Literary usage of Clasps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"clasps: Nil. gest number of clasps to any one medal is four. ... clasps: Nil.
This award was first notified, in an Admiralty Notice dated, January 30, 1857. ..."
2. The Principles and practice of dental surgery by Chapin Aaron Harris (1863)
"CENTRAL INCISOR WITH TWO clasps. Cases will frequently occur in which it may be
necessary to employ two clasps for the support of a single incisor. ..."
3. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"With round pliers and a hammer, clasps can be fitted with great ... A common
error in soldering clasps is to make their union to the plates too wide. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Mechanical Dentistry by Joseph Richardson (1860)
"In any case, if the dentés sapienti« remain, partial or stay clasps may be attached
to ... Separation of the teeth, by filing, for the reception of clasps. ..."
5. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders by Douglas Cockerell (1901)
"Bound CHAPTER XVIII clasps and Ties—Metal on Bindings clasps AND TIES Books ...
All books written or Ties SOME books need to be clasped to keep clasps and ..."
6. The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies by Allied Dental Societies (U.S.) (1918)
"After a number of spring clasp and wire attachments had failed, I succeeded in
making a bridge with cast clasps that has been worn with comfort and ..."
7. Visitation of England and Wales by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1904)
"... Transvaal January to August 1901, March to 31 May 1902, operations in Orange
River Colony August 1901 to March 1902 (Queen's medal with three clasps, ..."
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