grapnel

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Humphry       Davy's experiments in 1813,—With two engravings       Electrical Grapnel for Submarine Cables and Torpedo Lines.—

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 by Various

And we retrogressed over the velvet grass till our hind-wheels struck well-rolled gravel, leading us to sanity, main roads, and, half an hour later, the "Grapnel Inn" at Horsham.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard

Grapnel, grap′nel, n. a small anchor with several claws or arms: a grappling-iron.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

You will have five miles to walk," said the captain, as he shook hands with me; "but Grapnel here will take you the shortest way and it will be light in an hour.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

Grapnel," said Bert, and then with an afterthought shouted, "TETES there, you!

From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)