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Holding Device Crossword Clue

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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

verb

• fasten or fix with a clamp

• impose or inflict forcefully

98%4Exact Match!
noun

• An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

• A Chinese secret society or gang.

• The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

• This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−

• (metonym) A language.

• Speakers of a language, collectively.

• Voice (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).

• Manner of speaking, often habitually.

• (metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).

• The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.

• Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

• Honourable discourse; eulogy.

• (often in the plural) Glossolalia.

• In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

• Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.

• A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.

• A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.

• The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

• The clapper of a bell.

• An individual point of flame from a fire.

• A small sole (type of fish).

• A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.

• A reed.

• A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.

verb

• To use tongs.

• To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

30%6 Paper-holding device
noun

• a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves

• something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface

• holds loose papers or magazines

• something used to tie or bind

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times19 Jul 1988 Across 67
New York Times27 Feb 1980 Down 3
New York Times08 Apr 1976 Across 18
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