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.