graspern.
/ˈɡrɑːspə/, /ˈɡraspə/, U.S. /ˈɡræspər/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > grappling-iron
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society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > grappling-iron
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1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 40 The bandes and graspers wherwith ye galaies were fastened togethers.
2. One who grasps (at); a grasping person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > one who has
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Mammon1622
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gripe-all1823
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c1628 Queene Elizabeths Speech to Last Parl. sig. A2v I neuer was any greedy scraping grasper.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A grasper, grippeur.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A grasper at, qui aliquid captat.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Grasper, one that grasps, seizes, or catches at.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 233/1 When it is not followed by a like diminution in the selling price of the article, and the wages of which the men are mulct go to increase the profits of the capitalist, the employer alone is benefited, and is then known as a ‘grasper’.
1895 R. Blatchford Merrie Eng. xv. 116 The great bulk of our graspers and grubbers value money for what it will bring.
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