1. [n]  the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
2. [n]  a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
3. [v]  hold firmly and tightly
4. [v]  grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"
5. [v]  fasten with a buckle or buckles
6. [v]  fasten with or as if with a brooch

1. \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
   1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to
      shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a
      clasp).
   2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to
      grasp; to embrace.
   3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. ``Clasping
      ivy.'' --Milton.
   

2. \Clasp\, n.
   1. 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.
   2. 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.
   

Computer Language for AeronauticS and Programming.

A real-time language from NASA focussing on fixed-point mathematics. CLASP is a near subset of SPL, with some ideas from PL/I.

["Flight Computer and Language Processor Study", Raymond J. Rubey, Management Information Services, Detroit, 1971].