gropple, v. dial.
(ˈgrɒp(ə)l)
[var. of grapple v., after grope.]
intr. = grope v. 2 b.
| 1860 Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. xxx, Tom..had gone off to the brook to gropple in the bank for crawfish. Ibid. xlvii, Creeping brooks afforded good sport for small truants groppling about with their hands. |