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Within, a tall wizened man, with dead fishy eyes, stalked nervously to and fro on a platform, beside which a hastily constructed coffin with a hasped cover stood on three sawhorses.

From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Now, she rose from her chair and went to one of the windows, and, pushing back the sash curtain, pulled the wooden shutter across and hasped it.

From Strangers and Wayfarers by Jewett, Sarah Orne

From the center of the back of the box a square was cut out and a trap door fitted in and hasped down.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

He advanced to the iron door and lifted its hasped bar.

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen

The door was hasped and fastened with a stick; precaution enough in such a place, and for all that it contained, too.

From St. Patrick's Eve by Lever, Charles James