† harpagonn.
Obsolete.
A grappling-hook.
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1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 36v Certaine instrimentes wherwith thei might pull downe the workes that ther ennemies made, called Harpagones.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. 746 Yron hookes at the end (which the souldiers call Harpagones)..for to take hold upon the Roman ships.]
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