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Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.

Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak. Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs. Browning.

One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger. Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits. South.

Having the anterior scute

A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.

orious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.

The alewife. [Local, Canada]

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.

Capable of being grasped.

One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.

Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. -- Grasp"ing*ness, n.

Without a grasp; relaxed. From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge.

A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.

Having seven seeds.

Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford.

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. [Written also enclasp.] The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. F. Beaumont.

Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.