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- Gripe - n. - A vulture; the griffin.
- Gripe - v. t. - To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
- Gripe - v. t. - To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
- Gripe - v. t. - 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.
- Gripe - v. i. - To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
- Gripe - v. i. - To suffer griping pains.
- Gripe - v. i. - To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
- Gripe - n. - Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
- Gripe - n. - That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
- Gripe - n. - A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
- Gripe - n. - Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
- Gripe - n. - Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- Gripe - n. - The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
- Gripe - n. - The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
- Gripe - n. - 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.
- Griped - imp. & p. p. - of Gripe
- Gripeful - a. - Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
- Griper - a. - One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
- Gripe - n. - That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
- Vice - n. - A gripe or grasp.
- Gripe - n. - Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
- Clutch - n. - To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
- Grab - v. t. & i. - To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
- Clutch - n. - A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
- Fist - v. t. - To gripe with the fist.
- Grasp - n. - A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
- Gripe - v. i. - To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.