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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clutch \Clutch\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Clutched} (kl[u^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clutching}.] [OE. clucchen. See {Clutch}, noun]
1. To seize, clasp, or grip 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. To close tightly; to clinch.
Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. --Shak.
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