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Webster 1913 Edition


Grabble

Grab′ble

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grabbled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Grabbling
.]
[Freq. of
grab
; cf. D.
grabbelen
.]
1.
To grope; to feel with the hands.
He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a
grabbling
and fumbling.
Selden.
2.
To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
Ainsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Grabble

GRAB'BLE

,
Verb.
I.
[Eng. scrabble; allied to rub, or L. rapio, or to both.]
1.
To grope; to feel with the hands.
2.
To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl.