[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clutch \clutch\, v. t. imp.  p. p. clutched klu^cht; p.
   pr.  vb. n. clutching. oe. clucchen. see clutch, n.
   1. to seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws;
      -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
      1913 webster

            a man may set the poles together in his head, and
            clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
                                                  --collier.
      1913 webster

            is this a dagger which i see before me . . . ?
            come, let me clutch thee.             --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to close tightly; to clinch.
      1913 webster

            not that i have the power to clutch my hand. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
clutched clutching clutch 

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