Gripe

·noun A vulture; the griffin.

II. Gripe ·vi To suffer griping pains.

III. Gripe ·noun Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

IV. Gripe ·vt To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

V. Gripe ·noun A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

VI. Gripe ·noun That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

VII. Gripe ·noun The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

VIII. Gripe ·noun Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines;

— chiefly used in the plural.

IX. Gripe ·vi To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, ·esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

X. Gripe ·noun Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.

XI. Gripe ·vt To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to Clutch.

XII. Gripe ·noun The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.

XIII. Gripe ·vi To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.

XIV. Gripe ·vt 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.

XV. Gripe ·noun 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.