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enseam(2)(dictionary)
enseam(3)(dictionary)
enseam(4)(dictionary)

grabble (iou) and enseam(1) (iou)


grabble (iou)



grabble verb & noun. L16.
[Prob. from Dutch, Low German grabbeln scramble for a thing, frequentative of grabben: see GRAB verb, -LE3.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Feel or search with the hands, grope about. L16.
b. verb trans. Feel (one's way). E17.
verb trans. Handle rudely or roughly. L17-L18.
verb intrans. Sprawl or tumble about; scramble (for money etc.). M18.
verb trans. Seize, appropriate. L18.
b. verb intrans. Grab at (something). M19.
verb intrans. Grapple with. rare. M19.
b. noun.
A grapple or struggle. rare. L16.
A device to catch or grab. Chiefly in fish on the grabble, fish with a line held down by a plummet so that the hook-link is in the water. E18.

enseam(1) (iou)



enseam verb1 trans.L15-L18.

Cause (a hawk, a horse) to lose superfluous fat.