grabblev.

/ˈɡrab(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s grable.

Etymology: Corresponds to Dutch grabbelen (which has been used in all the senses below except 5), a frequentative of grabben grab v.

a. intransitive. To feel or search with the hands, to grope about. Sometimes to grope and grabble (cf. Dutch grapen en grabbelen).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > grope about

feela1382

to fathom aboutc1400

to feel (out) one's waya1450

grabble1579

pouter1812

1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 294 Grabling all night in the dark..through wild Olive Trees, and high Rocks.

1581 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. 103 b Where after they have placed hym, they leave hym grabling in that place, and departe their way.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 13 Ile grable for Gudgeons or fish for Flounders.

1631 E. Pellham Gods Power 5 We were faine to grabble in the darke (as it were) like a blinde man for his way.

1640 J. Shirley Arcadia iii. ii Thou must stoop..And grabble for't [gold] in ground.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vi. 22 To what end is it, to groap and to grable so much in Wounds?

1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses iii. 15 My Blood chills about my Heart, at the thought of these Rogues, with their bloody Hands grabbling in my Guts, and pulling out my very Entrails.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 178 Grabling round a nautious Weed for fulsome Worms.

1823 Ann. Reg., Chron. 141 They continued grabbling for about five minutes, as if looking for something they had lost.

1824 Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare App. 127 He was grabbling about in the water with a sponge.

1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 155 To wade through Hegel..is merely to grope and grabble and to gnaw at the root of one's own growth.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale (at cited word) ‘To grabble for trout;’ i.e. to grope in holes for them.

b. transitive with cognate object. To feel (one's way).

ΚΠ

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times 37 Hee, being in the darke, grabling his way, with one hand upon the raile of the staires [etc.].

1842 Blackie in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 752 Sending the unaided pupil to grope and grabble his way by the help of them [grammars, etc.] only.

2. intransitive. To sprawl or tumble about on all-fours; to scramble (for money, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > lie stretched out

sprawlc1000

grabble1736

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals > lie struggling

sprawlc1000

sprantle1390

sprangle14..

spraddle1632

spartle1710

grabble1736

spurl1821

sprottle1829

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight for something shared out

scamble1539

scramblec1590

grabble1888

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To lie grabbling on the ground, humi prostratus jacere.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 202 A few Scratches on his Face; which..I suppose he got by grabbling among the Gravel, at the Bottom of the Dam.

1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) i. xvii Some of the boys were..sent grabbling on their faces down the hill.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases (at cited word) I drowed the apples among the bwoys an' let um' grabble vor um.

3. = grapple v. 8. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]

winc888

fightc900

flitec900

wraxlec1000

wrestlea1200

cockc1225

conteckc1290

strivec1290

struta1300

topc1305

to have, hold, make, take strifec1374

stightlea1375

debatec1386

batea1400

strugglec1412

hurlc1440

ruffle1440

warc1460

warslea1500

pingle?a1513

contend1529

repugn1529

scruggle1530

sturtc1535

tuga1550

broilc1567

threap1572

yoke1581

bustle1585

bandy1594

tilt1595

combat1597

to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597

mutiny1597

militate1598

combatizec1600

scuffle1601

to run (or ride) a-tilt1608

wage1608

contesta1618

stickle1625

conflict1628

stickle1647

dispute1656

fence1665

contrast1672

scramble1696

to battle it1715

rug1832

grabble1835

buffet1839

tussle1862

pickeer1892

passage1895

tangle1928

1835 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus ii. i. (1887) 47 With dragons let the old drake grabble.

1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Grabble, to resist, to contend, to grapple with.

†4. transitive. To handle rudely or roughly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push or pull about roughly

to-push13..

manhandlea1470

tussle?a1500

touse1509

rouzle1582

touslea1585

turmoil1588

jostle1602

grabble1684

swig1684

shovel1816

tousle1816

to push (someone) around1900

scruff1926

1684 J. Dryden Prol. to Play call'd Disappointment The Doughty Bullies..Invade and grubble one another's Punk.

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cc3/3 To Grabble or handle untowardly,..As, to grabble (or grope) a Wench.

1746 Exmoor Courtship in Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) 22 Ees won't ha' ma Tetties a grabbled zo.

1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 146 [They] grabble, grasp and jostle each other to get the best.

a. To seize, to appropriate to oneself.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)]

gripea900

afangOE

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE

repeOE

atfonga1000

keepc1000

fang1016

kip1297

seize1338

to seize on or upon1399

to grip toc1400

rapc1415

to rap and rendc1415

comprise1423

forsetc1430

grip1488

to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495

compass1509

to catch hold1520

hap1528

to lay hold (up)on, of1535

seisin?c1550

cly1567

scratch1582

attach1590

asseizea1593

grasp1642

to grasp at1677

collar1728

smuss1736

get1763

pin1768

grabble1796

bag1818

puckerow1843

nobble1877

jump1882

snaffle1902

snag1962

pull1967

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) To grabble the bit; to seize any one's money.

1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 581 The rich armour..and all the precious articles which decked Otho's pavilion they grabbled and got.

b. intransitive. To grap or snap at (something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > grasp at or clutch at

snatch1530

reach1542

to catch at ——1578

snap1673

to grasp at1677

clutch1834

grabble1837

seize1848

grab1852

1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 108 Every hungry dog..began to grabble at the tempting morsel.

Derivatives

ˈgrabbling n.

ΚΠ

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cc3/3 Grabbling, l'action de manier quêque Chose de mauvaise grace.

1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 49 He puts his hands into his Pockets, and keeps a grabling and a fumbling.

1691 T. Tryon Wisdom's Dictates Pref. 2 The Grabling of the poor dark Spirit of Man after Truth.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A grabbling, contrectatio.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	grabble
释义	grabblen. /ˈɡrab(ə)l/ Etymology: < grabble v. †1. A grapple or struggle. to come to a grabble: to come to handgrips. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > at close grips close1598 grabble1650 clinch1849 clench1880 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 30 July (Carlyle) Our bodies of horse..came to a grabble with them. 2. Angling. to fish (†lie) on or upon the grabble (see quots. 1726, 1787). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > fish with line > with weighted line to fish (lie) on or upon the grabble1726 drabble1799 to lay on1934 1726 Gentleman Angler 149 To lie upon the Grabble, is when a running Bullet or flat Piece of Lead keeps the Line firm on the Bottom of the River; so that the Link, to which the Hook is fastened, may play about with the Current of the Water. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 168 Fishing on the grabble is when the line is sunk with a running plummet fast to the bottom, so that the hook-link plays in the water. 1861 Illustr. London News 4 May 425/1 The best way is to angle upon the grabble for them [eels] with a lobworm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). grabblev. /ˈɡrab(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s grable. Etymology: Corresponds to Dutch grabbelen (which has been used in all the senses below except 5), a frequentative of grabben grab v. 1. a. intransitive. To feel or search with the hands, to grope about. Sometimes to grope and grabble (cf. Dutch grapen en grabbelen). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > grope about feela1382 to fathom aboutc1400 to feel (out) one's waya1450 grabble1579 pouter1812 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 294 Grabling all night in the dark..through wild Olive Trees, and high Rocks. 1581 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. 103 b Where after they have placed hym, they leave hym grabling in that place, and departe their way. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 13 Ile grable for Gudgeons or fish for Flounders. 1631 E. Pellham Gods Power 5 We were faine to grabble in the darke (as it were) like a blinde man for his way. 1640 J. Shirley Arcadia iii. ii Thou must stoop..And grabble for't [gold] in ground. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vi. 22 To what end is it, to groap and to grable so much in Wounds? 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses iii. 15 My Blood chills about my Heart, at the thought of these Rogues, with their bloody Hands grabbling in my Guts, and pulling out my very Entrails. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 178 Grabling round a nautious Weed for fulsome Worms. 1823 Ann. Reg., Chron. 141 They continued grabbling for about five minutes, as if looking for something they had lost. 1824 Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare App. 127 He was grabbling about in the water with a sponge. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 155 To wade through Hegel..is merely to grope and grabble and to gnaw at the root of one's own growth. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale (at cited word) ‘To grabble for trout;’ i.e. to grope in holes for them. b. transitive with cognate object. To feel (one's way). ΚΠ 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times 37 Hee, being in the darke, grabling his way, with one hand upon the raile of the staires [etc.]. 1842 Blackie in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 752 Sending the unaided pupil to grope and grabble his way by the help of them [grammars, etc.] only. 2. intransitive. To sprawl or tumble about on all-fours; to scramble (for money, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > lie stretched out sprawlc1000 grabble1736 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals > lie struggling sprawlc1000 sprantle1390 sprangle14.. spraddle1632 spartle1710 grabble1736 spurl1821 sprottle1829 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight for something shared out scamble1539 scramblec1590 grabble1888 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To lie grabbling on the ground, humi prostratus jacere. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 202 A few Scratches on his Face; which..I suppose he got by grabbling among the Gravel, at the Bottom of the Dam. 1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) i. xvii Some of the boys were..sent grabbling on their faces down the hill. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases (at cited word) I drowed the apples among the bwoys an' let um' grabble vor um. 3. = grapple v. 8. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] winc888 fightc900 flitec900 wraxlec1000 wrestlea1200 cockc1225 conteckc1290 strivec1290 struta1300 topc1305 to have, hold, make, take strifec1374 stightlea1375 debatec1386 batea1400 strugglec1412 hurlc1440 ruffle1440 warc1460 warslea1500 pingle?a1513 contend1529 repugn1529 scruggle1530 sturtc1535 tuga1550 broilc1567 threap1572 yoke1581 bustle1585 bandy1594 tilt1595 combat1597 to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597 mutiny1597 militate1598 combatizec1600 scuffle1601 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 wage1608 contesta1618 stickle1625 conflict1628 stickle1647 dispute1656 fence1665 contrast1672 scramble1696 to battle it1715 rug1832 grabble1835 buffet1839 tussle1862 pickeer1892 passage1895 tangle1928 1835 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus ii. i. (1887) 47 With dragons let the old drake grabble. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Grabble, to resist, to contend, to grapple with. †4. transitive. To handle rudely or roughly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push or pull about roughly to-push13.. manhandlea1470 tussle?a1500 touse1509 rouzle1582 touslea1585 turmoil1588 jostle1602 grabble1684 swig1684 shovel1816 tousle1816 to push (someone) around1900 scruff1926 1684 J. Dryden Prol. to Play call'd Disappointment The Doughty Bullies..Invade and grubble one another's Punk. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cc3/3 To Grabble or handle untowardly,..As, to grabble (or grope) a Wench. 1746 Exmoor Courtship in Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) 22 Ees won't ha' ma Tetties a grabbled zo. 1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 146 [They] grabble, grasp and jostle each other to get the best. 5. a. To seize, to appropriate to oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] gripea900 afangOE to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE repeOE atfonga1000 keepc1000 fang1016 kip1297 seize1338 to seize on or upon1399 to grip toc1400 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 comprise1423 forsetc1430 grip1488 to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495 compass1509 to catch hold1520 hap1528 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 seisin?c1550 cly1567 scratch1582 attach1590 asseizea1593 grasp1642 to grasp at1677 collar1728 smuss1736 get1763 pin1768 grabble1796 bag1818 puckerow1843 nobble1877 jump1882 snaffle1902 snag1962 pull1967 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) To grabble the bit; to seize any one's money. 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 581 The rich armour..and all the precious articles which decked Otho's pavilion they grabbled and got. b. intransitive. To grap or snap at (something). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > grasp at or clutch at snatch1530 reach1542 to catch at ——1578 snap1673 to grasp at1677 clutch1834 grabble1837 seize1848 grab1852 1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 108 Every hungry dog..began to grabble at the tempting morsel. Derivatives ˈgrabbling n. ΚΠ 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cc3/3 Grabbling, l'action de manier quêque Chose de mauvaise grace. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 49 He puts his hands into his Pockets, and keeps a grabling and a fumbling. 1691 T. Tryon Wisdom's Dictates Pref. 2 The Grabling of the poor dark Spirit of Man after Truth. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A grabbling, contrectatio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1650v.1579
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