Grip
Grip , noun
[Latin gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.]
(Zoology) The griffin. [Obsolete]
Grip , noun
[Compare Anglo-Saxon grip furrow, hitch, Dutch greb.]
A small ditch or furrow. — Ray
Grip , transitive verb
To trench; to drain.
Grip , noun
[Anglo-Saxon gripe. Compare Grip, transitive verb, Gripe, transitive verb]
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.
5.
Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
6.
A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase. [Colloquial]
7.
(Medicine) The influenza; grippe.
Grip , transitive verb
[From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe, transitive verb]
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.