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grapnel
grapnel, sometimes grapple, a small four-pronged anchor often used as such in dinghies and other small craft. Grapnels were also used in the sailing navy days to hold a ship alongside an enemy for the purpose of boarding it by hooking them in the rigging or over the gunwale. They were also used by fireships when attaching themselves to their victims, but when used for this purpose the four arms were barbed like fishhooks. A grapnel can also be used for dragging the bottom for articles lost overboard.
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"grapnel." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grapnel." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-grapnel.html "grapnel." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-grapnel.html |
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grap·nel
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a grappling hook.
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a small anchor with several flukes.
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"grapnel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grapnel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grapnel.html "grapnel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-grapnel.html |
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grapnel XIV. — AN. *grapenel, f. synon. OF. grapon (mod. grappin), of Gmc. orig.; see -EL2.
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T. F. HOAD. "grapnel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "grapnel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grapnel.html T. F. HOAD. "grapnel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-grapnel.html |
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grapnel ˈgræpnəl n.
1. a grappling hook. 2. a small anchor with several flukes. |
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"grapnel." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grapnel." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-grapnel.html "grapnel." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-grapnel.html |
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grapnel
•annal, channel, flannel, impanel, multichannel, panel
•cracknel
•grapnel, shrapnel
•carnal
•antennal, crenel, fennel, kennel
•regnal
•anal, decanal
•adrenal, officinal, penal, renal, venal
•signal, spignel
•hymnal • cardinal • libidinal • ordinal
•attitudinal, latitudinal, longitudinal
•altitudinal
•imaginal, paginal
•marginal, submarginal
•aboriginal • virginal • disciplinal
•seminal
•criminal, liminal, subliminal
•abdominal, nominal, phenomenal, pronominal
•noumenal
•germinal, terminal
•vaticinal, vicinal
•sentinel • intestinal • Juvenal
•doctrinal, final, semi-final, spinal, urinal, vaginal
•quarterfinal
•cantonal, O'Connell
•cornel • nounal
•atonal, Donal, hormonal, Monel, patronal, polytonal, tonal, zonal
•motional
•lagoonal, monsoonal, tribunal
•communal
•Chunnel, funnel, gunnel, gunwale, runnel, tunnel
•autumnal • meridional
•embryonal, Lionel
•diagonal, heptagonal, hexagonal, octagonal, tetragonal
•trigonal • orthogonal • occasional
•divisional, provisional, visional
•delusional, fusional, illusional
•regional • original • coronal • arsenal
•medicinal
•impersonal, interpersonal, personal, transpersonal
•irrational, national, passional, rational
•factional, fractional, redactional, transactional
•confessional, congressional, expressional, impressional, obsessional, processional, professional, progressional, recessional, secessional, sessional, successional
•connectional, correctional, directional, interjectional, intersectional, sectional, unidirectional
•ascensional, attentional, conventional, declensional, intentional, tensional, three-dimensional, two-dimensional
•conceptional, exceptional, perceptional
•durational, locational, oblational, relational, vocational
•rotational
•additional, positional, tuitional, volitional
•fictional, jurisdictional
•inscriptional • optional • proportional
•devotional, emotional, notional, promotional
•constitutional, evolutional, institutional, substitutional
•constructional, fluxional, instructional
•conjunctional, dysfunctional, functional, multifunctional
•versional • seasonal
•colonel, diurnal, eternal, external, fraternal, infernal, internal, journal, kernel, maternal, nocturnal, paternal, supernal, vernal
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"grapnel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "grapnel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grapnel.html "grapnel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-grapnel.html |
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