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hasp(e
n.
Additional spellings:
haspe
41 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fastening for a door, gate, chest, etc.; a hasp;
up bi the hasp
, unfastened, unlatched;
barre and hasp, stapel and hasp
; (b) a fastening for a garment or a helmet; ?a buckle, ?a lace; (c) a hank…
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