Gripe — Defs

01 n. A vulture; the griffin.

1.
A vulture; the griffin.(Zool.) [Obs.]
“Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

Gripe's egg — an alchemist's vessel.

02 v. t. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

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.” — Shak.

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

1.
To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
2.
To suffer griping pains.
3.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.(Naut.)
4.
to complain

04 n. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

1.
Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
“A barren scepter in my gripe.” — Shak.
2.
That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
3.
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.(Mech.)
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.
The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.(Naut.)

Phrases & compounds

Gripe penny — a miser; a niggard.