Sentence:  <WSD>Reaching</WSD> for an old clay pot , relic of pioneer days , he tore the envelope in pieces , dropping them into it , touching the little pyre to flame , watching it curl , the red sealing wax melting and bubbling in the feathery ash . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense