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grasper|ˈgrɑːspə(r), -æ-|
[f. grasp v. + -er1.]
†1. A grappling-iron. Obs. (Cf. grasple.)
1553Brende Q. Curtius iv. 40 The bandes and graspers wherwith y⊇ galaies were fastened together.
2. One who grasps (at); a grasping person.
1601Queen Elizabeth Sp. to last Parl. 2, I neuer was any greedy scraping grasper. 1632Sherwood, A grasper, grippeur. 1736Ainsworth Eng.-Lat. Dict. s.v., A grasper at, qui aliquid captat. 1755Johnson, Grasper, one that grasps, seizes, or catches at. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1861) II. 233 When it is not followed by a like diminution in the selling price of the article, and the wages of which the men are mulct go to increase the profits of the capitalist, the employer alone is benefited, and is then known as a ‘grasper’. 1895R. Blatchford Merrie Eng. xv. 116 The great bulk of our graspers and grubbers value money for what it will bring. |