To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To hold firmly; to clench.
To clasp; to interlock.
To embrace passionately.
To make certain; to finalize.
To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
To set closely together; to close tightly.
To fasten securely or permanently.
Any of several fastenings.
A passionate embrace.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.