To arrest for criminal activity.
To steal
To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.
To grab or seize
To get hold of, to find.
To swindle or bully (someone)
A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.