grabble
[verb]
Synonyms: grope, feel, fumble

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grabble verb & noun. ['grab(ǝ)l] L16.
[Prob. from Dutch, Low German grabbeln scramble for a thing, frequentative of grabben: see GRAB verb, -LE³.]
A. verb.
1. verb intrans. Feel or search with the hands, grope about. L16.
b. verb trans. Feel (one's way). E17.

2. verb trans. Handle rudely or roughly. L17-L18.

3. verb intrans. Sprawl or tumble about; scramble (for money etc.). M18.

4. verb trans. Seize, appropriate. L18.
b. verb intrans. Grab at (something). M19.

5. verb intrans. Grapple with. rare. M19.
b. noun.
1. A grapple or struggle. rare. L16.

2. 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.

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