† grapplementn.
Obsolete. rare.
A grappling, a close grasp in fighting.
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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Z3 Downe him stayd With their rude handes and gryesly graplement.
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n.1590- to leave or vacate the chair
- to leave out
- to leave out in the cold
- to leave out of account
- to leave out of the account
- to leave out to dry
- to leave over
- to leave pause for thought
- to leave place
- to leave raw
- to leave someone out to dry
- to leave something to be desired )
- to leave something to be to wish (for)
- to leave something well alone
- to leave standing
- to leave standing still
- to leave the field
- to leave the field free
- to leave the field open
- to leave the field to
- to leave the key under the door
- to leave to a person's discretion
- to leave to her own purchase
- to leave to his own purchase
- to leave to his shifts