v. t.
The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another. [ 1913 Webster ]
To grapple with,
And in my standard bear the arms of York,
To grapple with the house of Lancaster. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple. ]
The iron hooks and grapples keen. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grapple plant (Bot.),
Grapple shot (Life-saving Service),
n. A grappling; close fight or embrace. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]