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Grasp; reach. [Obs.] A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. Holland.

The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [Local, U. S.]

An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe. H. Kingsley.

called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also gryphon.]

A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.

See Hyppogriff.

of figure and a small estate. Pope. The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. S. B. Griffin. The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. J. Burroughs.

le; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.

vert to doctrines or principles. [R.] Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. E. D. Griffin.

that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier).

l and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a. Two gemels silver between two griffins passant. Strype. Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. -- Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. -- Gemel window, a window with two bays.…

The griffin. [Obs.]

A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak. Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] E. Jonson.

See Griffin. Spenser.

A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]

The griffin vulture.

f disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.

Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits. M. Griffith (1660).

One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] Bartlett.

ement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity E. D. Griffin.