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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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CLASP, n.
CLASP, v.t.
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp] to
shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a
clasp).
To inclose and hold in the hand or
with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
To surround and cling to; to entwine
about.
"Clasping ivy." Milton. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding
together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a
belt, the covers of a book, etc.
A close embrace; a throwing of the
arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. -- Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring. | ||||||||