·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Grope.
An old mode of catching trout by tickling them with the hands under rocks or banks. Shakspeare makes...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adv In a groping manner. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
On Tower Hill (Wheatley). Mentioned 1642. Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The carrying despatches, and cruising from port to port in soundings. ...