Vocabulary : Grinte to Gripingly
Grinte : imp. of Grin, v. i., 1.Grinting : Grinding.
Grip : The griffin. ;; A small ditch or furrow. ;; To trench; to drain. ;; An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. ;; A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip. ;; That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword. ;; A device for grasping or holding fast to something. ;; To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe. ;; Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable. ;; A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel. ;; The influenza; grippe.
Grip car : A car with a grip to clutch a traction cable.
Gripe : A vulture; the griffin. ;; To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. ;; To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. ;; 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. ;; To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. ;; To suffer griping pains. ;; To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. ;; Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. ;; That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. ;; A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. ;; Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty. ;; Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural. ;; The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. ;; The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under th
