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  1.       
 Griffin (?), Griffon (?),  n. [OE. griffin, griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to gryps, Gr. ; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and akin to γρυπός curved, hook-nosed.]

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    1. (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.

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    2. (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.

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    3. (Zool.) A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the “eagle” of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also gryphon.]

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    4. An English early apple.

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Gripe (?), n. [See Grype.] (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]

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    Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak.

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    Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.]  E. Jonson.

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Gripe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Griped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Griping.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. grfan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize.  Cf. Grip, v. t., Grope.]

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    1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

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    2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

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    Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? Robynson (More's Utopia).

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    3. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

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    How inly sorrow gripes his soul. Shak.

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Gripe, v. i.
    1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

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    2. To suffer griping pains.  Jocke.

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    3. (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.  R. H. Dana, Jr.


    2. to complain

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Gripe, n.
    1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

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    A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak.

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    2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, “the gripe of a sword”.

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    3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

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    4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, “the gripe of poverty”.

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    5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

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    6. (Naut.) (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.

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    Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard.  D. L. Mackenzie.

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Grype, n. [Gr. γρύφ, γρυπός, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]

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