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2. To suffer griping pains. Jocke.

3. (Naut.) 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.) 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. 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.

Gripe"ful (?), a. Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

Grip"er (?), a. One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton.

Grip"ing*ly (?), adv. In a griping or oppressive manner. Bacon.

Grip"man (?), n. The man who manipulates a grip.

Grippe (?), n. [F.] (Med.) The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Dunglison.

Grip"per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, grips or seizes.

2. pl. In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.

Grip"ple (?), n. A grasp; a gripe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Grip"ple, a. [Dim. fr. gripe.] Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. [Obs.] Spenser.

Grip"ple*ness, n. The quality of being gripple. [Obs.]

Grip"sack` (?), n. A traveler's handbag. [Colloq.]

||Gris (?), a. [OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. ||gris, G. greis, hoary. Cf. Grizzle.] Gray. [R.] Chaucer.

Gris (?), n. [OF., fr. gris gray. Cf. G. grauwerk (lit. gray work) the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel. See Gris, a.] A costly kind of fur. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gris (grs), n. sing. & pl. [See Grice a pig.] A little pig. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

||Gri"saille` (?), n. [F., from gris gray.] 1. (Fine Arts) Decorative ||painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for ||painted glass.

2. A kind of French fancy dress goods. Knight.

Gris"am`ber (?), n. [See Ambergris.] Ambergris. [Obs.] Milton.