(obsolete) The griffin.

(transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand. / (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon. / (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.

(dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.

(dialectal) To trench; to drain.

A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. / A handle or other place to grip. / (figuratively) Assistance; help or encouragement.

overwhelmed or controlled by something adverse

The act of forming a grip. / Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”).

Which catches someone's attention; exciting

present participle of grip

simple past tense and past participle of grip