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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clasp, v. [ME. claspe (Chaucer): cf. Clasp,n.] tr. To secure or fit with a clasp or clasps. 1490 Acta Conc. 131/1.
A buk claspit witht siluer 1513 Doug. i. v. 115.
The dreidful portis … Of Janus tempill … With hard irne bandis claspit fast in cage Ib. ii. xi. 116.
To town agane I sped … Claspit ful meit into fyne armour brycht 1567 G. Ball. 114.
Fast to my chaftis my tung sall be Claspit, or that I it forȝet 1576 Reg. Privy C. II. 545.
We … sall deliver the bukis, bund in blak and claspit 1637 Peebles Gleanings 157.
To be tane … to the joggis of this burgh, to be claspit, and stand thairintill … tua houris