v (intransitive|metaphor) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
n The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
n (context|printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.