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Webster 1913 Edition


Agraffe

A-graffe′

,
Noun.
[F.
agrafe
, formerly
agraffe
, OF.
agrappe
. See
Agrappes
.]
1.
A hook or clasp.
The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an
agraffe
set with brilliants.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.