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Grappling iron

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grapnelnoun(nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
grappling hooknounA type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it.
grappleverb(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
grapplernounA wrestler; one who fights by wrestling.
clove hooknounAn iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails.
making-ironnoun(nautical) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by caulkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
gridironnoun(American football) The field on which American football is played.
tow ironnounA toggle iron used in whaling.
drawhooknoun(rail transport) A coupling hook.
hooknounA rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
cant hooknounA traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook at one end, used for handling and moving logs.
hookmakingnounThe manufacture of hooks.
bar ironnounwrought iron molded into bars.
caulking ironnouna tool, rather like a chisel, used to caulk a ship, tighten seams in ironwork and other things
ironernounSomeone who irons, someone who does ironing.
withenounA flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
griffnounA male given name.
ironnoun(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
hack-ironnounA miner's pickax or hack.
meaking ironnoun(nautical, obsolete) A tool for picking old oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

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