| • | To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to
   gripe; to clutch. | 
											
															| • | To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. | 
											
															| • | The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and
   held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile,
   venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider. | 
											
															| • | Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. | 
											
															| • | The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth.
   See Tooth. | 
											
															| • | A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air
   course. | 
											
															| • | A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or
   the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it
   enters the handle. | 
											
															| • | The valve of a pump box. | 
											
															| • | A bend or loop of a rope. |