2. To close tightly; to clinch.

Not that I have the power to clutch my hand.

Shak.

Clutch, v. i. To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market.

Bankroft.

Clut"ter (?), n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.] 1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits.

L'Estrange.

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