CLUTCH (2)

clutch (2). Clutch, v.t. to hold fast, gripe, clinch, double

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Clutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clutching.] [[OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]] 1. 1. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; — often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. Collier. Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ? Come, let me clutch thee. Shak. 2. 2. To close tightly; to clinch.
Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. Shak.