gripe

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.(Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art. [1913 Webster]

2.(Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

4.An English early apple. [1913 Webster]

1.To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. [1913 Webster]

2.To suffer griping pains. --Jocke. [1913 Webster]

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 [PJC]

1.Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. [1913 Webster]

A barren scepter in my gripe.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. [1913 Webster]

3.(Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. [1913 Webster]

4.Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty. [1913 Webster]

5.Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard. --D. L. Mackenzie. [1913 Webster]

Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

1.To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. [1913 Webster]

2.To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. [1913 Webster]

Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ?— Robynson (More's Utopia).[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

How inly sorrow gripes his soul.— Shak.[1913 Webster]