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Webster 1913 Edition
Gripe
Gripe
,Noun.
[See
Grype
.] (Zool.)
A vulture; the griffin.
[Obs.]
Like a white hind under the
gripe’s
sharp claws. Shakespeare
Gripe's egg
, an alchemist's vessel.
[Obs.]
E. Jonson.
Gripe
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Griped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Griping
.] 1.
To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
2.
To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Wouldst thou
gripe
both gain and pleasure ? Robynson (More's Utopia).
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.
How inly sorrow
gripes
his soul. Shakespeare
Gripe
,Verb.
I.
1.
To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
2.
To suffer griping pains.
Jocke.
Gripe
,Noun.
1.
Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
A barren scepter in my
gripe
. Shakespeare
2.
That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip;
as, the
. gripe
of a sword3.
(Mech.)
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
4.
Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;
as, the gripe of poverty
. 5.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; – chiefly used in the plural.
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.
Gripe penny
, a
miser; a niggard.
D. L. Mackenzie.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gripe
GRIPE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To seize; to grasp; to catch with the hand, and to clasp closely with the fingers.2.
To hold fast; to hold with the fingers closely pressed.3.
To seize and hold fast in the arms; to embrace closely.4.
To close the fingers; to clutch.5.
To pinch; to press; to compress.6.
To give pain to the bowels, as if by pressure or contraction.7.
To pinch; to straiten; to distress; as griping poverty.GRIPE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To feel the colic.2.
To lie too close to the wind, as a ship.GRIPE
,Noun.
1.
Squeeze; pressure.2.
Oppression; cruel exactions.3.
Affliction; pinching distress; as the gripe of poverty.4.
In seamen's language, the fore-foot or piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end.5.
Gripes, in the plural, distress of the bowels; colic.6.
Gripes, in seamen's language, an assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes and hooks, fastened to ring-bolts in the deck to secure the boats.