n. pl. [ OF. agrappe, F. agrafe; a + grappe (see Grape) fr. OHG. krāpfo hook. ] Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a toilet. [ vulgar ]
Syn. -- toilet, can, commode, pot, potty, stool, throne. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [ Written also croppie. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Graple. ] A claw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. of very poor quality. [ slang ]
Syn. -- lousy; crummy. [ PJC ]

v. t. & i. To grapple. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖or a. [ F., p.p. of frapper to strike, to chill. ] Iced; frozen; artificially cooled; as, wine frappé. -- pos>n. A frappé mixture or beverage, as a water ice, variously flavored, frozen soft, and served in glasses; also, a milk shake. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Frap. ] (Naut.) A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Grappled p. pr. & vb. n. Grappling ] [ F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See Grape. ] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another. [ 1913 Webster ]

To grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously. [ 1913 Webster ]

And in my standard bear the arms of York,
To grapple with the house of Lancaster. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple. ] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

The iron hooks and grapples keen. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grapple plant (Bot.), a South African herb (Herpagophytum leptocarpum) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. --
Grapple shot (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also anchor shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A grappling; close fight or embrace. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. --
Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To seize; to clutch; to grapple. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an appraisal that is too high.
Syn. -- overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Founding) The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [ Written also raparee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. râpé, fr. râper to grate, to rasp. See Rasp, v. ] A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Repeal. ] (Mil.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Rap. ] 1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A forcible oath or lie. [ Slang ] Bp. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A musician specializing in rap music. [ PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. Report. ] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

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En` rap`port" ety>[F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in hypnotism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F., fr. rapprocher to cause to approach again. See Re-; Approach. ] Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and Austria. Wilfrid Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In a scrappy manner; in scraps. Mary Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of scrap. ] An article of food made by boiling together bits or scraps of meat, usually pork, and flour or Indian meal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dreadfully scrappy dinner. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Strappadoes [ It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched. ] A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who uses strap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person or thing of uncommon size. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also thropple, corrupted fr. throttle. ] Windpipe; throttle. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. trappéen. See Trap a kind of rock. ] (Min.) Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Trap to insnare. ] 1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Trap to dress with ornaments. ] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. trappiste. ] (R. C. Ch.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ From Trap a kind of rock. ] (Min.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Trap to dress. ] Trappings for a horse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Same as Trappous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to the understrappers. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [ R. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of wrapping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which wraps; envelope; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, wraps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper. [ 1913 Webster ]