agraffe

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Agraffe \A*graffe"\, n. [F. agrafe, formerly agraffe, OF. agrappe. See Agrappes.]

1.A hook or clasp. [1913 Webster]

The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

2.A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration. [1913 Webster]

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