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Webster 1913 Edition

Grip

Grip

,
Noun.
[L.
gryps
,
gryphus
. See
Griffin
,
Grype
.]
(Zool.)
The griffin.
[Obs.]

Grip

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
grip
furrow, hitch, D.
greb
.]
A small ditch or furrow.
Ray.

Grip

,
Verb.
T.
To trench; to drain.

Grip

,
Noun.
[AS.
gripe
. Cf.
Grip
,
Verb.
T.
,
Gripe
,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[From
Grip
a grasp; or P.
gripper
to seize; – of German origin. See
Gripe
,
Verb.
T.
]
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Grip

GRIP

,
Noun.
The griffon. [Not in use.]

GRIP

,
Noun.
A grasp; a holding fast.

GRIP

,
Noun.
A small ditch or furrow. [Not used in America.]

GRIP

,
Verb.
T.
To trench; to drain. [Not used.]

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