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Grapling
Grapnel
grapnel anchor
GRAPO
grappa
Grappelli
grapple
Grapple plant
Grapple shot
grapple with
Grapplement
grappler
grappling
grappling hook
grappling iron
Grappling tongs
grappling-irons
Grapsoid
Grapta comma
Graptodera chalybea
graptolite
Graptolitic
Graptophyllum
Graptophyllum pictum
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Grapple Grap"ple, v. t. [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 origin. See Grape.] 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.
