grapen.1
/ɡreɪp/, U.S. /ɡreɪp/ 1. figurative.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. giiii A tast of ye fyrst rype grapes of ye gift of heuenly wisdom.1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xlvi Mr. S...said, as plainly as a look could speak, that the grapes were sour.
a. Any one of the berries, growing in clusters on a vine, and from the juice of which wine is made. Also grape of wine. Chiefly in plural; in poetry often singular, as quasi-collective. the grapes are sour (now usually sour grapes (see sour adj. and n.1 Compounds 1c)): said proverbially with allusion to Æsop's fable of ‘The Fox and the Grapes’, when a person is heard to disparage something which it is suspected he would be glad to possess if he could.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > grape
grapec1290
raisinc1300
grainc1315
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape
wineberryc1000
grapec1290
pippina1382
vinea1425
uva1670
Riesling1788
hanepootc1798
Merlot1825
Gamay1833
Pedro Ximenez1833
wine-grape1838
Muscadelle1888
Chenin Noir1896
Tempranillo1896
Chenin Blanc1952
Cencibel1966
Lambrusco1977
the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > jealousy or envy [phrase] > expressions of envy
sour grapes1760
lucky you (also him, her, etc.)1821
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 231/424 A luytel foul..brouȝte a gret bouȝ Fol of grapus swyþe rede.
c1315 Shoreham 30 That schel be to thys sacrement Ryȝt of the grape of wyne.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxii. 32 The graap of hem graap of gal, and the cluster moost bittre.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vii. 16 Whether men gaderen grapis of thornys, or fijgis of breeris?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4468 Vp-on þis tre, on ilk-a bohw, Me-thoght þar hing grapis [Vesp. winberis] enohw.
a1400 Pistill of Susan 84 On grapes þe goldfinche þei gladen and glees.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. xiii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 151 Thou shalt have Graps ryght as the Ruby red.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 22 Take persole..grene Grapus, and stope þy chekyns with wynne.
1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Pinnar i. 7 On vine growes the grape, and not the biter hop.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 259 The mantling Vine Layes forth her purple Grape . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 Like a large Cluster of black Grapes they show. View more context for this quotation
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 247 Grapes taken in moderate Quantities help the Appetite.
1760 A. Murphy Way to keep Him i. 5 You'd be glad to have me!—But sour Grapes, my Dear.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha ii. 32 Grapes in purple clusters.
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer vi. 63 Another boy said ‘Sour grapes!’
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xiii. 190 The concert had begun. ‘Never mind,’ said Gumbril. ‘We shall get in in time for the minuetto. It's then that the fun really begins.’ ‘Sour grapes,’ said Emily, putting her ear to the door. ‘It sounds to me simply too lovely.’
1958 C. P. Snow Conscience of Rich xxxv. 261 I have never been able to understand the fascination which makes my brother Philip and others wish to spend their entire lives in this neighbourhood. I once said as much to Hannah, and she replied that it was sour grapes on my part.
b. With some word prefixed that indicates the species or variety, as Black Hamburg grape, Fox grape, Frontignac grape, Muscadine grape, Muscat grape, Muscatel grape, Sweetwater grape, etc.
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1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Muscadine grapes.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 316 These Grapes. White Muscadine,..black Cluster,..white Sweet Water.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 321 White Morillon, red Morillon, Currant Grape.
1802 Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) Lipari..abounds with the currant grape.
c. Put for the juice of the grape, or wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > [noun]
wine805
juicea1387
shrab1477
Bacchus1508
the spirit (also sprite) of the buttery1530
Lyaeus1602
vintage1604
Septembral juice (or liquor)1609
grape1636
cellar physic1697
rosy1840
pluck1904
pinard1917
vino1919
1636 W. Davenant Witts v. i. sig. H2v Nothing could please your haughty Pallat but The Muskatelli, and Frantiniak Grape!
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 397 Nor can the Poet Bacchus' Praise indite, Debarr'd his Grape.
1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám xlii. 9 He bid me taste of it; and 'twas—the Grape!
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 56 We rolled rich puncheons of Spanish grape.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun]
grapec1400
fructification1764
fruit1785
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 137 I seie þat oile of rosis..þat schal be maad of grapis of olyue trees þat ben not ripe is not oyntuose.
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. C ivv Anagyris..hath a fruyte in long horned coddes..whiche when the grape is ripe wexeth harde.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. vii. 323 Whan [the spadix and spathe of the arum are] gone, the bunche..of beries also or grapes, doth at length appeere.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 161 Of the grapes which this Palma Christi or Ricinus carieth, there be made excellent weiks or matches for lamps and candles.
3.
a. The plant that produces grapes; the vine; chiefly with some word prefixed, as in 1b.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine
wine-treec950
vine-treea1340
wine1340
vine1377
labruscaa1398
grape14..
grapevine1654
grape-tree1697
garnacha1860
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 578/7 Depastino, to do away grapys.
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 58 The Fox Grape is a faire large Fruit, and a very great bearer.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 174 The grape varies in the colour, form, size, and flavour of its fruit.
b. transferred. seaside grape = grape-tree n. at Compounds 2.
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 209 The Mangrove or Sea-side Grape... The berries are generally about the size of common grapes.
1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 87 The coccoloba uvifera, or sea-side grape. (In some mod. Dicts. s.v. Seaside.)
4. Military. = grapeshot n. Now only collective singular and apprehended as a shortened form; formerly also in plural.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns
fricasseec1575
murdering shot1583
chain-shota1586
crossbar1589
cross-bar shot1591
case shot1599
langrel1627
trundle-shot1627
partridge1635
chain-bullet1636
pelican1639
case1642
spike-shota1661
double-head1678
double-headed shot1678
partridge-shot1683
grape1687
burrel-shot1706
double1707
angel-shot1730
grapeshot1747
star shot1753
bar-shot1756
langrage1769
canister1801
stang-ball1802
chain1804
canister-shot1809
tier-shot1828
pot-leg1852
six-pounder1855
shunt shot1864
sand-shot1867
mitraille1868
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 282 The six Scopa Coperta Pieces were charged with bunches of Grapes.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 308/2 The violence of the grape and round shot.
1798 Anti-Jacobin 14 May 213/2 Sacrilegious Grape and Ball Deform the works of Stone and Stael.
1804 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 399 Have your guns loaded with grape.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII xxix. 79 A fire of musqetry and grape.
1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) p. iv The Number of Shot contained in Grapes of different sizes.
1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) II. vi. 49 They turned a gun, loaded with grape, on the entering column.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 300 Some buildings..afforded good cover against grape.
5. Farriery. In plural.
a. A diseased growth resembling a bunch of grapes on the pastern of a horse, mule, etc. (Cf. French grappes.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > caused by tumours > tumour
spavin1426
ringbonec1465
blood spavin?1523
curb?1523
serew?1523
splint?1523
thorough-serewe?1523
thorough spavin?1523
windgall?1523
bone spavin1566
boneshavea1585
grape1600
surot1601
hough-bony1607
lichen1607
gorge1610
bog-spavin1631
splint-bone1704
splinter1704
star1710
fuseec1720
jardonc1720
osseletc1720
jarde1727
thorough-pin1789
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 189 Graps..are moules and scabs on the heeles.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 193 The grapes would..be washed with the decoction.
1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xliv. 323 Excrescences, such as..grapes, &c. are best removed by the knife.
1810 Sporting Mag. 36 271 Grapes upon the heels, of long standing and dry, are incurable.
b. A similar growth on the pleura.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 21 Tuberculosis of the pleura [in cattle] in the form of ‘grapes’ may occur without the lungs being affected.
6. In various applications:† a. (See quot. 1644.) Obsolete.† c. A particular size of paper; also grape-paper. Obsolete.
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1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 75 The top or grape of the left Index.
b. The knob or pommel at the rear end of a cannon; formerly called the cascabel n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > knob on breech of cannon
cascabel1639
pommel1639
cascabel deck1669
pommelion1769
grape1864
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the butt.
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society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > sizes of
royal paper1497
small paper1497
sheet1510
demy1546
imperial1572
pot1579
quarto1580
grape1611
crown paper1620
foolscap1660
bastard1711
copy1712
crown1712
vigesimo-quarto1864
columbier1875
society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size
paper royal1497
paper rial1501
sheet1510
demy1546
imperial1572
pot1579
lily-pot1593
grape1611
cap1620
crown paper1620
post1648
foolscap1660
bastard1711
copy1712
crown1712
Kentish cap1766
vessel of paper1790
antiquarian1815
quartern1819
quatrain1819
Albert note1846
cap-paper1854
sermon paper1855
Albert1859
columbier1875
Albert notepaper1881
cuatro1904
duchess1923
half-imperial-
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Papier raisin, Grape paper.
1891 A. Morris Watermarks in Paper Record 8 Sept. 65/1 The names of the principal sizes of papier vergé have been handed down to us, and..have suggested watermarks. Rising from the smallest sheet to the largest, they are as follows:—Bell, pot, écu, crown, shell, grape, large grape, jesus, great eagle, and great world.
7. Short for grape hop n. at Compounds 2.
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1861 Illustr. Times 5 Oct. 222 The ordinary ‘grape’, and the rank ‘colegates’ of Sussex and the Wealds of Kent.
8. = grapevine n. 2a.
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1865 in Southern Hist. Soc. Papers (1877) III. 56 Plenty of ‘grape’, i.e. rumors afloat of a speedy general exchange.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. † grape-kernel n. Obsolete
grape-arbour n.
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1810 F. Cuming Sketches Tour Western Country 167 He has opened a little publick garden behind his house, which he calls Vaux-hall. It has a most luxuriant grape arbour, and two or three summer houses!
1898 M. Deland Old Chester Tales 107 They were sitting in the grape-arbor with a little table between them.
1907 Chicago Evening Post 4 May 15 (advt.) Fine summer home on good lake; grape arbors; garden.
grape-bunch n.
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a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 238 Bees, like a long grape-bunch settle on Some temple's top.
grape-cluster n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Grape cluster or cluster of grapes..racemus.
grape-cutting n.
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1768 G. Washington Diary (1925) I. 267 Planted out Grape Cuttings.
1848 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1847 469 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 54) VI The landlord to furnish the dwelling house..fruit trees and grape cuttings at his own expense.
grape-harvest n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest
vendonging1340
vendage1377
vintage1540
grape-harvest1574
grape-gathering1580
vindemiation1609
racemation1623
vint1639
vindemiating1728
vendange1766
vendemmia1826
vintaging1834
graping1854
grape-picking1897
vendimia1965
1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 440 Grape haruest..vindemia.
1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto xv. 462 He thought of last year's grape-harvest ruined by a thunderstorm.
grape industry n.
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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. xi. 157 West Africa is not without its promise of a development of the grape industry.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 163/1 A Grape kyrnelle, acinus.
grape-mildew n.
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1871 H. Macmillan True Vine (1872) v. 229 Every one has heard of the terrible grape-mildew.
grape-pip n.
grape-rot n.
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1863 Horticulturist Sept. 287/2 Grape Rot and Mildew.
1886 Harper's Mag. June 44/1 When mildew and grape-rot first appear.
grape-seed n.
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1786 G. Washington Diary (1925) III. 36 Tho' the ground was nearly prepared for my grape Seeds, I could not sow them on acct. of the Weather.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 885 Grape-seeds or grains of wheat.
grape-skin n.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 885 A portion of a grape-skin is very remarkably imitated by [etc.].
grape-stalk n.
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a1821 J. Keats Hyperion (new ed.) 6 in Misc. Philobiblon Soc. (1856–7) III Empty shells were scatter'd on the grass, And grapestalks but half-bare.
grape-time n.
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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xii. 2 And when grape time was cum, he sent his seruaunt to the same husbandmen.
b. Objective.
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grape-culture n.
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1859 H. de Caradeuc (title) Treatise on Grape-Culture.
grape-culturist n.
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1848 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1847 468 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 54) VI I would strongly urge the grape culturists..to add brandy to their wine after fermentation.
grape-cutter n.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. vi. 9 Conuerte thin hond, as a grape kuttere to a basket.
grape-gatherer n.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. vi. 9 Grape gatherer.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. B3 That Grapes are verie nourishing, is well seene by the Grape-gatherers in the time of Vintage.
grape-gathering n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest
vendonging1340
vendage1377
vintage1540
grape-harvest1574
grape-gathering1580
vindemiation1609
racemation1623
vint1639
vindemiating1728
vendange1766
vendemmia1826
vintaging1834
graping1854
grape-picking1897
vendimia1965
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Grappage, grape-gathering.
1791 Visible World 57 When the time of grape-gatherings is come.
grape-gleaning n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest > grape gleaning
grapelagea1603
grape-gleaning1611
racemation1650
1611 Bible (King James) Micah vii. 1 I am..as the grape gleanings of the vintage. View more context for this quotation
grape-grower n.
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1862 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1861: Agric. 525 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (37th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 39) V At present there are very few practical grape growers who ever saw such a document.
1889 Harper's Mag. Jan. 261/2 The better class of laboring agriculturists, grape-growers, and stock-raisers.
1970 [see grape-picker n.]. grape-growing n.
grape-picker n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest > grape-picker
vintager1589
vendangeur1893
grape-picker1923
1923 R. Herrick Homely Lilla 68 She found herself laughing freely with the grape-pickers.
1970 Times 14 July 8/1 The poverty-ridden grape pickers, most of them semi-literate Mexican-Americans, have brought the wealthy grape growers to the negotiating table.
grape-picking n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest
vendonging1340
vendage1377
vintage1540
grape-harvest1574
grape-gathering1580
vindemiation1609
racemation1623
vint1639
vindemiating1728
vendange1766
vendemmia1826
vintaging1834
graping1854
grape-picking1897
vendimia1965
1897 B. Harraden Hilda Strafford 199 It was the grape-picking season.
grape-treader n.
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1889 O. Wilde Birthday of Little Princess in Paris Illustré 30 Mar. 207/2 At vintage time came the grape-treaders.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Jan. 68/4 The proud young grape-treader defying her rustic lover.
(b)
grape-bearing adj.
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1898 Archæol. Æliana XIX. iii. 193 Prof. Stephens calls it a grape-bearing vine.
c. Instrumental.
grape-crowned adj.
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1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 202 Grape-crowned Bacchus.
grape-loaded adj.
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1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lxii, in Poems (new ed.) 137 The valleys of grapeloaded vines that glow Beneath the battled tower.
grape-thickened adj.
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1832 Ld. Tennyson Eleänore in Poems (new ed.) 27 Youngest Autumn, in a bower Grapethickened from the light.
d. Parasynthetic.
grape-hued adj.
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1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Feb. 433/2 He let it slip from his grape-hued lips.
grape-seeded adj.
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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 423 Large or Grape-seeded Amomum.
grape-shaped adj.
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1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria iv. 74 Grape-shaped heads.
grape-sized adj.
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1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 228 Cells oval, currant-sized or grape-sized.
e. Similative.
(a)
grape-bloom adj.
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1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf 214 Grape-bloom darkness.
1950 D. Gascoyne Vagrant 27 Rockets released to-night rush up to rape the grape~bloom sky.
grape-green adj.
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1893 R. Noel Swimmer 47 Grape-green all the waves are.
1896 Daily News 7 Nov. 6/2 Another good combination would be navy blue and grape green.
(b)
grape-ways adv.
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1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Currants Branches..to which a round Point hangs Grape~ways.
grape-wise adv.
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1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hop The Flowers..rang'd Grapewise.
C2. † grape-flower n. Obsolete = grape hyacinth n. † grape-gall n. Obsolete (see quot.). † grape-monger n. Obsolete a wine-bibber. † grape-press n. Obsolete a wine press.
grape-belt n. a belt of country in which grapes grow.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > viticulture > [noun] > wine-growing district
grape-belt1897
1897 L. H. Bailey Princ. Fruit-growing 41 The famous Chautauqua grape-belt is confined to a strip about two to three miles wide lying upon Lake Erie.
grape-berry moth n. U.S. = grape-moth n. ( Cent. Dict.).
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1871 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1869–70 8 158 The Penthina Vitivorana, or Grape-berry moth.
grape-brandy n. brandy distilled from grapes or wine without admixture of any other ingredient.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy
Nants1653
French brandy1655
snapdragon1676
Cognac brandy1687
guildive1698
aguardiente1752
cognac1755
Armagnac1797
Jew brandy1817
pisco1825
Cape smoke1846
marc1848
fine champagne1864
burnt brandy1880
dop1889
grape-brandy1892
grappa1893
beno1903
V.S.O.P.1907
jackass brandy1909
fine1923
Napoleon brandy1930
Remy Martin1932
framboise1933
mampoer1934
witblits1934
Metaxa1938
Soberano1963
Napoleon1968
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/2 They testify to its purity as a genuine grape brandy.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 228 The best alcoholic stimulants for the acute stage [of small-pox] are good grape brandy [etc.].
grape-cake n. the mass of grape-skins, etc. which remains after the juice has been pressed out of the grapes.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > mass of grape-skins or refuse
marc1601
pressing1607
mother of grapes1611
murk1675
grape-cake1830
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vii. 249 The grape-cake which remains after the wine has been pressed out is called by the French les marcs de raisin.
grape codling n. (see quot. 1871).
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1871 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1869–70 8 158 The Penthina Vitivorana, or Grape-berry moth, called also Grape-codling.
grape-cure n. the treatment of disease by a diet consisting mainly of grapes.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments by diet > [noun]
grape-cure1862
denutrition1868
1862 J. A. Symonds Biogr. (1895) I. 202 The grape cure cured her.
grape-eater n. the Australian bird Zosterops chloronotus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Zosteropidae > other types of
grape-eater1848
witogie1867
1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. 82 Grape- and Fig-eater.
grape-essence n. an artificial flavouring liquid composed of chloroform, various ethers, tartaric acid, and other ingredients ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).
grape-fern n. a plant of the genus Botrychium, so called from the appearance of the fructification.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 105 The Grape flower is called Hyacinthus Botryoides.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 105 Of Muscari, or Musked grape flower.
grape-fungus n. a mould ( Oidium Tuckeri) which attacks the vine, vine-mildew (Cassell, 1882).
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth > on particular plants
oak-apple1440
bedeguar1578
sponge1608
oak-berry1626
oak nut1626
Aleppo gall1698
grape-gall1753
rose gall1753
oak galla1774
ear cockle1777
honeysuckle apple1818
sage-apple1832
robin's pincushion1835
oak spangle1836
robin's cushion1837
oak-wart1840
spangle1842
shick-shack1847
spangle-gall1864
tomato gall1869
Robin redbreast's cushion1878
knopper1879
trumpet-gall1879
spongiole1884
knot-gall1894
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Grape galls,..a name given by authors to a species of protuberances resembling clusters of grapes..which are found hanging from the oak at some seasons of the year.
grape hop n. a variety of hop (see quot. 1881).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > hop-plant
hop1538
hop-vine1707
bine1732
red bine1763
Golding1794
whitebine1798
green bind1805
hop-plant1817
grape hop1838
fuggle1898
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 288/2 The varieties most esteemed are the Grape Hop [etc.].
1881 C. Whitehead Hops ii. 11 Grape Hops, so called because the cones hang in clusters like bunches of grapes.
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grape-hopper n. U.S. an insect destructive to vine-leaves (Funk's Stand. Dict.).
grape-house n. a glasshouse in which grapes are grown, a vinery.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > grape-house
grape-house1789
vinery1789
grapery1812
muscat-house1855
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 28 (note) Vines in grape-houses.
1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Oct. 138 I noticed..a very curiously-constructed grape-house; that is to say, a hot-house for the raising of grapes.
grape hyacinth n. (see hyacinth n. 2b).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > hyacinth and allied flowers > grape-hyacinth or tassel-hyacinth
fair-haired hyacinth1597
grape-flower1597
muscari1597
pearls of Spain1597
musk grape-flower1598
musk-grape1607
musk hyacinth1629
purple-tassels1629
purse tassel1629
grape hyacinth1733
musk1786
starch hyacinth1790
tassel hyacinth1790
1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Muscari, Musk or Grape Hyacinth.
1882 Garden 11 Feb. 90/1 Spare bulbs of Grape Hyacinths..might be naturalised in the Grass.
1897 C. A. Creevey Flowers of Field viii. 272 Grape hyacinth. Baby's breath. Muscari botryoides.
1950 G. Brenan Face of Spain vi. 146 I picked a blue grape hyacinth, the only flower growing there among the rushes.
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grape-louse n. U.S. ‘the vine-pest or phylloxera’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking of wine > person
grape-monger1606
clareteer1702
Champagne Charlie1868
port-winer1890
winer1906
1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London iii. sig. D3v When the Grape-mongers and hee are parted.
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grape-moth n. U.S. a small moth, Eudemis botrana, the larva of which devours grapes (Webster, 1897).
grape-nuts n. (the trade name for) a breakfast cereal, a patent preparation of maize or wheat in a crisp granular form.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > prepared grains
polentaOE
groats?a1100
tisanea1425
oat groatsa1475
grist?1567
polent1577
French barley1596
pearl barley1639
shelled corn1676
pot barley1761
burghul1764
semolina1784
yokeag1824
burgoo1825
Scotch barley1825
pearl sago1828
semoletta1844
semola1853
manna croup1864
manna groats1864
corn chip1868
rolled oats1870
flake-manna1886
flake-tapioca1886
grape-nuts1898
kibble1902
stamped mealies1911
stamp1923
bulgur1934
freekeh1940
stamp mealies1952
1898 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 June 1657/1 Cereal food for human consumption. Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle Creek, Mich... Grape-Nuts... Used since December 1, 1897.
1902 Granta 3 May 286/1 It will be a pleasant puzzle for your readers to discover where the Grape-Nuts come in.
1903 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List Sept. 11/2 Grape Nuts..per packet, about 2 lb. 0/7.
1905 G. K. Chesterton Heretics 136 There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle.
1927 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 Sept. (1938) 536 You [sc. E. M. Forster] called your novel-book ‘a saucerful of last week's grapenuts’.
1956 Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Apr. 243/1 Grape-Nuts... General Foods Corporation..City of White Plains, State of New York,..Manufacturers.
grape-paper n. (see sense 6c).
grape-pear n. Amelanchier Botryapium.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > service-berry or shadbush
service1785
saskatoon1802
service-berry1805
Juneberry1810
shad-blossoma1817
shad-flower1817
shad-bush1818
grape-pear1840
service tree1844
shad-blow1846
saskatoon berry1887
veitchberry1913
Indian pear1956
1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Grape-pear.
1882 Garden 15 Apr. 263/3 The Grape Pear..differs..from other trees in flower at this season by its peculiarly graceful twiggy growth.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > wine-press
wringc890
pressour1348
press1373
calcatoryc1420
wine press1526
wine-vat1526
presser1570
vine-press1587
grape-press1615
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 446 From whence, as wine from a grape-presse, the bloud poured out of the veines and arteries is squeesed into the whole braine.
grape-scissors n. scissors used either for thinning the bunches on the vine, or for dividing them at table.
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1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxxi. 802 Grape-scissors, a melon-knife and fork, and nutcrackers, should always be put on table, if there are dishes of fruit requiring them.
1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) iii ‘Father’, cried Rose..running up to him, with her long grape-scissors in her hand.
1887 Lady 20 Jan. 38/3 Baskets of fruit ornamented either end of the table, and the grape-scissors were in the form of a solemn-looking stork.
grape-sugar n. = dextrose n. or glucose n.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > dextrose or glucose
starch sugar1815
grape-sugar1829
glucose1838
dextrose1866
the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > carbohydrates > sugars > monosaccharides > [noun] > by number of carbon atoms > having 6 carbon atoms > dextrose
starch sugar1815
grape-sugar1829
dextrose1866
1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica xiii. 426 The grape sugar, which exists in most fruit.
1879 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 3) App. 673 Grape-sugar, or dextrose (glucose).
grape-tree n. (a) (in the West Indies) a tree of the genus Coccoloba; (b) a grape-vine.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > grape-tree
seaside grape1696
grape-tree1697
mountain grape1756
sea-grape1806
shore-grape1871
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine
wine-treec950
vine-treea1340
wine1340
vine1377
labruscaa1398
grape14..
grapevine1654
grape-tree1697
garnacha1860
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 392 The Grape-tree grows with a strait body..and hath but few Limbs or Boughs. The Fruit grows in Clusters, all about the body of the Tree... They are much like such Grapes as grow on our Vines, both in shape and colour; and they are of a very pleasant Winy taste.
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 129 Mangrove Grape-tree.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Grapes A muscadine grape-tree was raised from a cutting of a parent vine.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 210 The Mountain Grape-Tree..is looked upon as a fine timber-wood.
c1830 Houlston Tracts III. No. 90. 2 The house..with a grape-tree running up the wall.
grape-weevil n. U.S. a weevil ( Cæliodes (or Craponius) inæqualis), which destroys green grapes.
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1884–5 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. Index Weevil, grape 341.
grape-wine n. a ‘home-made’ wine, made of grapes.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > others
cherry-winea1665
morello winea1665
strawberry winea1665
orange wine1675
raspberry wine1676
birch-wine1681
grape-wine1718
cowslip wine1723
barley wine1728
ginger wine1734
gooseberry1766
raspberry1768
mead-wine1794
parsnip wine1830
milk-wine1837
tea-wine1892
1718 A. Hill (title) Essays..; on English Grape-Wines.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1304 Drained grape wine.
1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 1974/1 Grape wine.
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grape-worm n. U.S. the larva of a grape-moth (Webster, 1897).
grape-wort n. the baneberry, Actæa spicata; (also) Bryonia dioica (Britten & Holland, Plant-n. 1879).
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1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.ijv Christophoriana..may be called in englishe Grapewurt, because it hath many blacke beries in the toppes lyke Grapes.
Derivatives
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of plants producing edible berries > of or like a grape-vine > having or not having grape-vines
viny1612
grapeful?1624
uviferous1656
vineless1898
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 43 And made the Sea-trod ship, ariue them nere The Grapefull Crissa.
ˈgrapeless adj. having no grapes; wanting the flavour of grapes.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [adjective] > relating to grapes > without grapes
grapeless1755
1755 E. Moore in World No. 153 (1772) III. 290 Rusty hams..stale game, green fruit, and grapeless wines.
ˈgrapelet n. a small grape; also transferred.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > grape > types of grapes
muscadel1517
muscadine1598
olive grape1601
grapeletc1620
burlace1629
muscat1655
grapeling1694
chasselas1699
wild grape1770
scuppernong1811
Roussanne1824
Cannonau1828
labrusca1854
Concord grape1858
sultana grape1861
dyer1865
vinifera1888
Chardonnay1934
Gewürztraminer1940
Cabernet1946
brunello1966
Rondinella1970
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of
labruscaa1398
muscadel1517
muscadine1598
olive grape1601
grapeletc1620
burlace1629
frontignaca1642
fox-grape1648
verjuice grape1648
muscat1655
morillon1691
muscatel1691
grapeling1694
chasselas1699
muscadella1707
frontignan1756
Morocco1763
Pineau1763
Malaga1769
wild grape1770
Nebbiolo1788
Macabeo1794
Malbec1833
Hamburg grape1838
muscadel1852
Concord grape1858
garnacha1860
sultana grape1861
Canaiolo1862
dyer1865
Sémillon1875
Bual1882
lady's finger1892
Grignolino1894
Tokay grape1896
Durif1897
Morocco grape1908
Viognier1908
gros Colmar1927
Montepulciano1927
Shiraz1927
Verdicchio1940
Cinsault1945
Müller-Thurgau1951
Mavrud1959
Pinotage1964
Mavron1965
Syrah1969
Parellada1979
c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. xxiii. 219 To pick ye ruddy grapelets, was their aime.
1844 E. B. Browning Rhapsody Life's Progress iv Thy small head..with its grapelets of gold.
grape-like adj.
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1619 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Αρχαιο-πλουτος 380/1 A very delicate and Grape-like gumme.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > grape > types of grapes
muscadel1517
muscadine1598
olive grape1601
grapeletc1620
burlace1629
muscat1655
grapeling1694
chasselas1699
wild grape1770
scuppernong1811
Roussanne1824
Cannonau1828
labrusca1854
Concord grape1858
sultana grape1861
dyer1865
vinifera1888
Chardonnay1934
Gewürztraminer1940
Cabernet1946
brunello1966
Rondinella1970
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of
labruscaa1398
muscadel1517
muscadine1598
olive grape1601
grapeletc1620
burlace1629
frontignaca1642
fox-grape1648
verjuice grape1648
muscat1655
morillon1691
muscatel1691
grapeling1694
chasselas1699
muscadella1707
frontignan1756
Morocco1763
Pineau1763
Malaga1769
wild grape1770
Nebbiolo1788
Macabeo1794
Malbec1833
Hamburg grape1838
muscadel1852
Concord grape1858
garnacha1860
sultana grape1861
Canaiolo1862
dyer1865
Sémillon1875
Bual1882
lady's finger1892
Grignolino1894
Tokay grape1896
Durif1897
Morocco grape1908
Viognier1908
gros Colmar1927
Montepulciano1927
Shiraz1927
Verdicchio1940
Cinsault1945
Müller-Thurgau1951
Mavrud1959
Pinotage1964
Mavron1965
Syrah1969
Parellada1979
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xvi. 68 Those little Grapelings.
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grape juice n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > grape juice
virgin wine1799
grape juice1837
1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 53 Let topers of grape-juice [i.e. wine] exultingly vapour.
1982 J. Grigson Fruit Bk. (1984) 189 Dissolve the gelatine in 4 tablespoons..hot water. Stir into the warm grape juice.
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grapen.2
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1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 315/1 A bankure, four cuschingis, twa grapis of siluer, a spone owrgilt.
b. In Cornwall: = grapnel n. 2.
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1823 T. Bond Topogr. & Hist. Sketches E. & W. Looe 76 (note) A grape or grapnell is a small anchor, generally used for mooring boats.
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† grapen.3
Scottish. Obsolete.
A vulture.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture
gripea1250
vulturec1374
griffin1382
bawtere1486
grape?a1500
geir1565
gryph1570
carrion crow1699
aasvoel1821
carrion-vulture1829
?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1175 in Poems (1981) 48 The foxe wes clerk..The gled, the graip vp at the bar couth stand, As aduocatis.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 12 Apperit to Remus sex grapis, afore ony foul aperit to Romulus.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vaultour, a Vulture, Geire, Gripe, or Grap.
1615 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 10) Vultur, a ravenous birde called a vulter, a geyre or grappe.
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† grapev.
Obsolete.
transitive. = grapple v. 1.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > attach with grappling-irons
grape1523
grasple1553
grapple1599
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. ccxcii. 435 They hadde graped their shyppes toguyder with hokes of yron.
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