Misgrab

He hauls in the twenty yards of it in frantic haste, making many a misgrab and getting more excited, I'll warrant, than he ever was with any but his first bear.

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I made a misgrab and it touched the saw and flew up.

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All this helped, but nevertheless it was a hazardous undertaking. A slip or a misgrab and he would fall under his own engine.

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All around was nothing but air, the endless abyss of Virga; a misgrab here would send you on a slow trip around the world, with the birds, bugs, and fish making a moving feast of you along the way.

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