Part 4945

<h1>Grapsoid</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grap"soid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. Grapsus + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family <er>Grapsid\'91</er>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A grapsoid crab.</def></def2>

<h1>Graptolite</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grap"to*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL, Graptolithus, from Gr. <?/ is engraved, written (<?/ to write) + <?/ stone.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus <spn>Graptolites</spn> and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (<spn>Graptolithina</spn>) supposed to be hydroids.</def>

<h1>Graptolitic</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grap"to*lit`ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; <as>as, a graptolitic slate</as>.</def>

<h1>Grapy</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grap"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Composed of, or resembling, grapes.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>grapy</b> clusters. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grasp</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grasp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grasper</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Qraspine</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>graspen</ets>; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. <er>Grab</er>, <er>Grope</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.</def>

<blockquote>Thy hand is made to <b>grasp</b> a palmer's staff. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.</def>

<h1>Grasp</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grasp</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.</def>

<blockquote>As one that <b>grasped</b> And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To grasp at</col>, <cd>to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,</cd></cs>

<h1>Grasp</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grasp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.</def> "The grasps of love."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; <as>as, it was beyond his grasp</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Forcible possession; hold.</def>

<blockquote>The whole space that's in the tyrant's <b>grasp</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.</def>

<blockquote>The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of <b>grasp</b>, equal to their predecessors. <i>Z. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The handle of a sword or of an oar.</def>

<h1>Graspable</h1> <Xpage=646>

<hw>Grasp"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being grasped.</def>