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GRYPE
Verb
grype (third-person singular simple present grypes, present participle gryping, simple past and past participle gryped)
Obsolete spelling of gripe.
Source: Wiktionary
Grype, v. t.
Definition: To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser.
Grype, n. Etym: [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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