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▪ I. † grappe, n. Obs.
Also grap.
[a. F. grappe bunch (of grapes).]
A cob (of maize).
1693Sir R. Bulkeley in Phil. Trans. XVII. 938 Now out of each Grain came up 3, 4, 5, or 6 Stems..every of which Stems had four, three, or two of these Grappes. c1700Bp. Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033 (Halliwell), Grap, an ear of Virginia corn.
▪ II. † grappe, v. Obs.
[Cf. ONorthumb. pa. tense ᵹegræppde (app. related to grápiᵹa grope v.) ‘apprehendit’; also grip v., grasp v. In the earliest instances it may be miswritten for grap(e, northern form of grope v.]
a. intr. To feel with one's hands, to grope.
b. trans. To grip, grasp.
a1300Cursor M. 17141 Put in and grappe, mi suet freind, Tak ute mi hert bituix þine hend. 1382Wyclif Deut. xxviii. 29 Thow shalt graasp [v.r. grappe, 1388 grope] in mydday, as is woned a blynd man to graasp in derknissis. 1483Caxton Knt. de la Tour civ. 139 They founde a foule orible tode within her body, that grapped her herte with her pawes.. [The toad said] Whan thou herdest her confession, y was vpon her herte, and grapped it so sore with my iiij pawes..that [etc.].
▪ III. grappe
variant of grape n.3 |