Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Agraffe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agraffe \A*graffe"\, n. [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.
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