(kluch) v.t.
1. To seize eagerly; snatch, as with hands or talons.
2. To grasp and hold firmly.
—v.i.
3. To attempt to seize, snatch, or reach: with at: to clutch at shadows.
—noun
1. A tight, powerful grasp.
2. plural Cruel, powerful claws or hands; hence, rapacious or cruel power: to fall into the clutches of an enemy.
3. A talon, paw, claw, or hand.
4. Mech. Any of variously constructed and operated devices for coupling two working parts; also, any appliance suitable for seizing and holding. See synonyms under CATCH. [ME clucchen, var. of clicche, OE clyccan grasp]

(kluch) noun
A sitting of eggs; a brood of chickens.
—v.t. To hatch [<ON klekja hatch]