(a) To grope, feel around; graspen about; (b) to reach with the hand(s; graspen after (on, to), reach for (sth.); (c) ppl.grasping, petting, caressing, cajoling.
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(a) To apply friction on a surface, rub; sharpen a tool by filing or scrubbing; rubben on the rote of the red galle, touch on a sore spot; (b) of a boat: to rub against the bank; of an animal: rub……
(a) To snuffle about, esp. as a hound on a scent; also fig.; (b) in cpd.: snoke-horn, ?one who snuffles into a horn, one who blows a horn, i.e., a worthless person [cp. blouen in an horn, etc., s.v. h……
