grope
verb
°(obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
°To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
noun
°An act of groping, especially sexually.
°(obsolete) an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.