Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Griff

Griff , noun

[Compare Gripe.]

1.
Grasp; reach. [Obsolete]
A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. — Holland
2.
(Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. — Knight

Griff , noun

A person of mixed blood.