单词 | to grapple hold |
释义 | > as lemmasto grapple hold ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > take hold of bottom with anchor grapple1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 5 Wheere sea tost nauye remayning Needs not too grapple thee sands with flooke of an anchor. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 82 To throw an anchor ahead, and grapple further hold for future advances of power. < as lemmas |
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