The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clutch \Clutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched (kl[u^]cht); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Clutching.] [OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]
   1. To seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws;
      -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
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            A man may set the poles together in his head, and
            clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
                                                  --Collier.
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            Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ?
            Come, let me clutch thee.             --Shak.
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   2. To close tightly; to clinch.
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            Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. --Shak.
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