| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| agraffe |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·graffe |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -gr f |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also a·grafe |
| NOUN: | 1. A hook-and-loop arrangement used for a clasp on armor and clothing. 2. A cramp iron for holding stones together in building. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French agrafe, from agrafer, to hook onto : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + grafer, to hook (from grafe, hook, from Old High German kr pfo).
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