a. - To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
a. - To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
v. t. - The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
v. t. - A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - The valve of a pump box.
v. t. - A bend or loop of a rope.