Gripe ¹

Definition: A vulture; the griffin.

Gripe ²

Definition: To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

Gripe ³

Definition: To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

Gripe ⁴

Definition: 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.

Gripe ⁵

Definition: To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

Gripe ⁶

Definition: To suffer griping pains.

Gripe ⁷

Definition: To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.

Gripe ⁸

Definition: Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Gripe ⁹

Definition: That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

Gripe ¹⁰

Definition: A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Gripe ¹¹

Definition: Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.

Gripe ¹²

Definition: Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; chiefly used in the plural.

Gripe ¹³

Definition: The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Gripe ¹⁴

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 ¹⁵

Definition: informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"

gripe ¹⁶

Definition: complain; "What was he hollering about?"