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▪ I. † ˈgrasple, n.
[variant of grapple n.: cf. next.]
= grapple n. 1.
1553Brende Q. Curtius iv. 40 b, They deuised longe rafters to the which they fastened grasples of Iron and great hokes. Ibid. 41 The grasples [ed. 1570, fol. 60 b, grasplers] letten downe (which be called corui) toke violently away many of the souldiers that were within the shyppes.
▪ II. † ˈgrasple, v. Obs.
[variant of grapple v., influenced by association with grasp v.]
trans. and intr. = grapple v. 4 and 8 a.
1553Brende Q. Curtius iv. 41 b, The cynquereme graspeled with her. 1555Eden Decades 188 Suche as can not grasple or take holde of any thynge.
Hence † graspler = grappler a.
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