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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf.

Grasp; reach.

[Obs.]

A vein of gold ore within one spade’s

griff

Holland.

[Cf. F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.]

(Weaving)

An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

Knight.