GRYPT
Verb
grypt
Obsolete form of gripped.
Source: Wiktionary
GRIPE
Gripe, n. Etym: [See Grype.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]
Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak.
Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] E. Jonson.
Gripe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Griped; p. pr. & vb. n. Griping.] Etym:
[AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. gr, Icel. gripa,
Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ.
grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize. Cf. Grip, v. t.,
Grope.]
1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to
clutch.
2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. 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.
How inly sorrow gripes his soul. Shak.
Gripe, v. i.
1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as
with a gripe.
2. To suffer griping pains. Jocke.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing
closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. R. H. Dana, Jr.
Gripe, n.
1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak.
2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of
a sword.
3. (Mech.)
Definition: A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a
wheel.
4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the
gripe of poverty.
5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in
the plural.
6. (Naut.)
(a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end;
the forefoot.
(b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water,
having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. (c) pl.
Definition: 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. Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard. D. L. Mackenzie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition