Part 4986

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Gripper</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, grips or seizes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.</def>

<h1>Gripple</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A grasp; a gripe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Gripple</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"ple</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Dim. fr. gripe.]</ety> <def>Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Grippleness</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"ple*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being gripple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gripsack</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grip"sack`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A traveler's handbag.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Gris</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. & F., fr. LL. <ets>griseus</ets>; of German origin; cf. MHG. <ets>gris</ets>, G. <ets>greis</ets>, hoary. Cf. <er>Grizzle</er>.]</ety> <def>Gray.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gris</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF., fr. <ets>gris</ets> gray. Cf. G. <ets>grauwerk</ets> (lit. gray work) the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel. See <er>Gris</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A costly kind of fur.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gris</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris</hw> <tt>(gr&icr;s)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Grice</er> a pig.]</ety> <def>A little pig.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<h1>Grisaille</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gri"saille`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., from gris gray.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of French fancy dress goods.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Grisamber</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"am`ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ambergris</er>.]</ety> <def>Ambergris.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>