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   Grip (?), n. [L. gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.] (Zool.) The griffin. [Obs.]
   
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   Grip, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.] A small ditch or furrow.  Ray.
   
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   Grip, v. t. To trench; to drain.
   
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   Grip, n. [AS. gripe.  Cf. Grip, v. t., Gripe, v. t.]
   1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
   
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   2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, “a masonic grip”.
   
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   3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, “the grip of a sword”.
   
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   4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
   
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   5. Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
   
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   6.  A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase. [Colloq.]
   
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   7.  (Med.) The influenza; grippe.
   
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   Grip, v. t. [From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe, v. t.] To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
   
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