GRAPPLE, GRAPPLING
NOUNS
► HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling → 1818 Sc.
► HANDY-GRIPS close quarters, grappling → 1660 Sc.
VERBS
► FEZZON to seize fiercely; to grapple with, to fight → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MUSS to grab at suddenly and violently; to grapple with → 1856 Eng. dial.
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