Part 4985

<hw>Gripe</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To suffer griping pains.</def>

<i>Jocke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.</def>

<i>R. H. Dana, Jr.</i>

<-- 4. to complain -->

<h1>Gripe</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gripe</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.</def>

<blockquote>A barren scepter in my <b>gripe</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; <as>as, the <ex>gripe</ex> of a sword</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; <as>as, the gripe of poverty</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>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.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Gripe penny</col>, <col>a</col></mcol><cd> miser; a niggard<-- ; a pinchpenny? -->.</cd></cs>

<i>D. L. Mackenzie. </i>

<h1>Gripeful</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gripe"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disposed to gripe; extortionate.</def>

<h1>Griper</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Gripingly</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a griping or oppressive manner.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Griman</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gri"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The man who manipulates a grip.</def>

<h1>Grippe</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grippe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The influenza or epidemic catarrh.</def>