2021-8-6 · A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.] 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI: The morse bore a seraph''s head in gold-thread raised work.··(now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.] 1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], "The Voyage. (Continued.)", in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean ...