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Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) 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..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping..

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) 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..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.

Fist :: Fist (v. t.) To gripe with the fist.

Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..

Tormentil :: Tormentil (n.) A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea..

Grab :: Grab (v. t. & i.) To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A vulture; the griffin.

Grype :: Grype (v. t.) To gripe.

Vice :: Vice (n.) A gripe or grasp.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To suffer griping pains.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword..

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..

Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

Hold :: Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..

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