Defn: A grappling; close fight or embrace. [Obs.] Spenser.
GRAPPLING
Grap"pling, n.
1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.
2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. Dryden. Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. — Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
GRAPSOID
Grap"soid, a. Etym: [NL. Grapsus + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family Grapsidæ.
— n.
Defn: A grapsoid crab.
GRAPTOLITE
Grap"to*lite, n. Etym: [NL, Graptolithus, from Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.
GRAPTOLITIC
Grap"to*lit`ic, a.