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Hasp   Listen
noun
Hasp  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3.
An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hasp" Quotes from Famous Books



... door, and that I locked and bolted. The room was high in the house, five stories up, so that no entrance could have been obtained by the window. Indeed, I had closed the window myself and shut the hasp, for I wished to be secure in every way. This morning the hasp was untouched.... And yet my portmanteau was empty. The lamps were gone! ... There! it is out. I went to Egypt to search for a set of antique lamps which ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker

... one day succeeded in forcing open the rickety lattice, which was fastened by a rusty iron hasp, and looked out. There was a steep red-tiled piece of roof covered with little lumps of lichen which ended in a gutter and a low stone balustrade; there were tall crooked chimneys, and plenty of ...
— The Hawthorns - A Story about Children • Amy Walton

... for the prime pieces, 4.75d. for soup meat; and that the very best of London butter is to be had for 8.5d.; of course, for pudns and the kitchin you'll employ a commoner sort. My trunks were sadly packed by Mrs. Titmarsh, and the hasp of the portmantyou-lock has gone through my yellow satn. I have darned it, and woar it already twice, at two ellygant (though quiat) evening-parties given by my hospatable host; and my pegreen velvet on Saturday ...
— The History of Samuel Titmarsh - and the Great Hoggarty Diamond • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Hasp" :   catch, fix, secure



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