Category:Grip

Grip, n. Etym: [L. gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The griffin. [Obs.]

grip Grip, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]

Defn: A small ditch or furrow. Ray.

grip Grip, v. t.

Defn: To trench; to drain.

grip Grip, n. Etym: [AS. gripe. Cf. Grip, v. t., Gripe, v. t.]

1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

grip Grip, v. t. Etym: [From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe, v. t.]

Defn: To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.