Agraffe

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agraffe \A*graffe"\, n. [F. agrafe, formerly agraffe, OF.
     agrappe. See {Agrappes}.]
     1. A hook or clasp.
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              The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by


              an agraffe set with brilliants.       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is
        so held as to limit the vibration.
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