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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The griffin. [Obs.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A small ditch or furrow. Ray.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To trench; to drain.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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