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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Grapple

Grapple (grapple)
v. t.(?)
Grap"ple
[imp. *** p. p. Grappled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Grappling (?).] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch] of German o
  1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
  2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

    The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. Hakluyt.

    Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Shak.

Grapple

Grapple (grapple)
v. i.
Grap"ple
  1. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.

    To grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously.

    And in my standard bear the arms of York,
    To grapple with the house of Lancaster.     Shak.

Grapple

Grapple (grapple)
n.
Grap"ple
  1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
    Milton.
  2. An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
    (b) (Naut.)












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