| grip | <zoology> The griffin. Origin: L. Gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gripe | <zoology> A vulture; the griffin. "Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws." (Shak) Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. See: Grype. 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. <mechanics> 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. The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| grippe | <medicine> The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| devil's grip | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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