From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grabble \Grab"ble\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Grabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grabbling}.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]
1. To grope; to feel with the hands.
He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. --Selden.
2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. --Ainsworth.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "grabble": beat about, bring in, crop, crop herbs, cut, dig, feel, feel around, feel for, fumble, gather, gather in, glean, grope, grope for, harvest, hay, mow, nut, pick, pluck, poke around, pry around, reap, reap and carry, scrabble
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