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Grip

Grĭp, n.

noun

n. [Lat. gryps, gryphus. See GRIFFIN.] The griffin. [Obs.] Shak.

noun

n. [Dan. greep, L. Ger. greep, H. Ger. griff. See GRIPE.]

A grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize one another.
That by which any thing is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

verbtransitive

To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

noun

n. [A-S. grēpe, grōpe, furrow, ditch, D. groep; Icel. grōpa, to plow.] A small ditch or furrow. Ray.

verbtransitive

v. t. To trench; to drain. [Obs.]