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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Griff, n. p. 590Grasp; reach. [Obs.] A vein of gold within our spade's griff. Holland.Griff'in or Griff'on, n. p. 590(Myth.) An imaginary animal, said to be generated between the lion and the eagle. It is represented with wings, a beak, and four legs, the upper part resembling an eagle, and the lower part a lion.…Grig, n. p. 590The sand-eel; a small eel of lively and incessant motion. Walton. 2. Heath. Some great mosses in Lancashire . . . that for the present yield little or no profit, save some grig or heath for sheep.…Grĭll, v. t. p. 590To broil on a grate or gridiron. Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. Marvell. 2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.Grill, a. p. 590Characterized by fierceness or harshness; severe. [Obs.] Chaucer.Gril-lāde', n. p. 590The act of grilling, or that which is grilled.Gril'lage, n. p. 590A construction of sleepers and cross-beams on which some erections are carried up, as piers on marshy soils.Grille, n. p. 590A lattice-work or grating. “The grille which formed part of the gate.” Oliphant.Gril'ly, v. t. p. 590To broil; to grill; hence, to harass. [Obs.] Hudibras.Grilse, n. p. 590A young salmon on its first return to fresh water, usually in its second year of life. Prof. Wilson.Grīm, a. p. 590Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; surly; frightful; horrible. “The grim face of law.” Denham. Syn.—Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible; frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous…Grī-māçe', n. p. 590A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, or the like; a smirk; a made-up…Grī-māçed', a. p. 590Distorted; having a crabbed look.Grī-mā'l'kin, n. p. 590An old cat. Philips.Grīme, n. p. 590Foul matter; dirt; sullying blackness, deeply insinuated.Grīme, v. t. p. 590To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. Shak.Grĭm'ly, a. p. 590Having a hideous or stern look. In glided Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. David Mallet.Grĭm'ly, adv. p. 590In a grim manner; fiercely; ferociously; sullenly. Shak.Grim'ness, n. p. 590Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness.Grim'sir, n. p. 590A proud or haughty official. [Obs.] Burton.Grim'y, a. p. 590Full of grime; dirty; foul.Grīn, v. i. p. 590To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. Shak.Grīn, n. p. 590The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth. Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison.Grīn, v. t. p. 590To express by grinning. “Grinned horribly a ghastly smile.” Milton.Grīn, n. p. 590A snare or trap. [Obs.] Chaucer.Grīnd, v. t. p. 590To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments. Take the millstones and grind meal. Isa. xlvii. 2. 2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen by friction; to…Grīnd or Grind'ed, v. i. p. 590To move some object, as a mill; to perform the operation of grinding something. Send thee / Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton. 2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this…Grind'er, n. p. 590One who, or that which, grinds. 2. One of the double teeth used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.Grīnd'ing-frāme, n. p. 590A frame for cotton spinning.Grind'er-y, n. p. 590Shoemakers' materials. [Eng.] Grindery warehouse, in England, a shop where the tools and materials used by shoemakers and other workers in leather are kept for sale;—called, in the United States, a…Grind'ing-ly, adv. p. 590In a grinding manner.Grind'ing-slĭp, n. p. 590A kind of oil-stone; a hone. Simmonds.Grin'dle-stōne, n. p. 590A grindstone. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Grind'let, n. p. 590A small drain.Grind'stōne, n. p. 590A flat, circular stone used for grinding or sharpening tools. To hold one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress him; to keep him in a condition of servitude.Grin'ner, n. p. 590One who grins. Addison.Grīn'ning-ly, adv. p. 590In a grinning manner.Grĭp, n. p. 590The griffin. [Obs.] Shak.Grĭp, n. p. 590A grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. 2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize one another. 3. That by which any thing is grasped; a handle…Grĭp, v. t. p. 590To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.Grĭp, n. p. 590A small ditch or furrow. Ray.Grip, v. t. p. 590To trench; to drain. [Obs.]Gripe, v. t. p. 590To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. He had griped the monarchy in a stricter and faster hold. Bp. Taylor. 3. To give…Gripe, v. t. p. 590To hold or pinch as with a gripe; to get money by hard bargains or mean exactions; as, a griping miser. 2. To suffer griping pains. Locke. 3. (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship. R.…Grīpe, n. p. 590Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. “A barren scepter in my gripe.” Shak. 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; as, the gripe of a sword. 3. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching…Grīpe'ful, a. p. 590Disposed to gripe.Grip'er, n. p. 590One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.Gripe's'-egg, n. p. 590A vessel used by alchemists. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Grip'ing-ly, adv. p. 590In a griping or oppressive manner.Grĭppe, n. p. 590The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Dunglison.Grĭp'ple, n. p. 590A grasp; a gripe. [Obs.] Ne ever Artegall his gripple strong For any thing wold slack. SpenserGrĭp'ple, a. p. 590Griping; greedy; covetous; unfeeling. Men of as prying eyes as afterward they proved of gripple hands. Fuller. 2. Grasping fast; tenacious. Spenser.Grĭp'ple-ness, n. p. 590The state or quality of being gripple. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Grïs, n. p. 590A costly kind of fur. [Obs.] Chaucer.Gris'am-ber, n. p. 590Ambergris. [Obs.] Milton.Grise, n. p. 591[See GREES.] A step, or scale of steps. See GREES. Shak. 2. [See GRICE.] A young swine; a pig. [Prov. Eng.]Gris'e-oûs, a. p. 591Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.Gri-sette', n. p. 591A young French girl or woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young laboring woman who is fond of gallantry; a young laboring woman kept as a servant and mistress. Sterne.Gris'kin, n. p. 591The spine of a hog. [Obs.]Gris'le-â, n. p. 591(Bot.) A genus of plants, one species of which (G. tomentosa) produces flowers which, in India, are used for making a red dye.