Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Grapple (3)

Grap″ple, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. Milton.2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, f...

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Grapplement

Grapple‐ment (?), n. A grappling; close fight or embrace. Spenser.

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Grappling

Grap″pling (?), n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for th...

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Grapsoid

Grap″soid (?), a. [NL. Grapsus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family Grapsidæ. — n. A grapsoid crab.

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Graptolite

Grap″to‐lite (?), n. [NL, Graptolithus, from Gr. � is engraved, written (γράφειν to write) + � stone.] (Paleon.) One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the ...

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Graptolitic

Grap″to‐lit′ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate.

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Grapy

Grap″y (?), a. Composed of, or resembling, grapes.The grapy clusters. Addison.

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Grasp

Grasp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Grasper (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Qraspine.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. Grab, Grope.] 1. To seize and hold by clasping ...

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Grasp (2)

Grasp, v. i. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. Shak.To gr...

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Grasp (3)

Grasp, n. 1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. “The grasps of love.” Shak.2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and hol...

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Graspable

Grasp″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being grasped.

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Grasper

Grasp″er (?), n. One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.

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Grasping

Grasp″ing, a. 1. Seizing; embracing; catching.2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. — Grasp″ing‐ly, adv. — Grasp″ing‐ness, n.

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Graspless

Grasp″less, a. Without a grasp; relaxed.From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge.

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Grass

Grass (?), n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, græs, gærs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. græs, Sw. gräs, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. Graze.] ...

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Grass (2)

Grass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Grassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Grassing.] 1. To cover with grass or with turf.2. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.3. To bring to th...

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Grass (3)

Grass (?), v. i. To produce grass. Tusser.

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Grass tree

Grass″ tree″ (?). (Bot.) (a) An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhœa, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of whic...

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Grass-green

Grass″–green′ (?), a. 1. Green with grass.2. Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.

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Grass-grown

Grass″–grown′ (?), a. Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.

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Grassation

Gras‐sa″tion (?), n. [L. grassatio, from grassari to go about.] A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting. Feltham.

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Grasshopper

Grass″hop′per (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididæ and Locustidæ. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes t...

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Grassiness

Grass″i‐ness (?), n. The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state.

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Grassless

Grass″less, a. Destitute of grass.

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Grassplot

Grass″plot′ (?), n. A plot or space covered with grass; a lawn. “Here on this grassplot.” Shak.

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Grassy

Grass″y (?) a. 1. Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn. Spenser.2. Resembling grass; green.

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Grate

Grate (?), a. Serving to gratify; agreeable. Sir T. Herbert.