\Gripe\, n. [See {Grype}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.

\Gripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Griped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Griping}.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG.
gr?fan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan;
cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah,
grabh, to seize. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Grope}.]
1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers;
   to clutch.
2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
         Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ?
                                               --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).
3. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and
   spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of
   certain purgative or indigestible substances.
         How inly sorrow gripes his soul.      --Shak.

\Gripe\, v. i.
1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a
   gripe or as with a gripe.
2. To suffer griping pains. --Jocke.
3. (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which,
   when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the
   helm. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

\Gripe\, n.
1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
         A barren scepter in my gripe.         --Shak.
2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the
   gripe of a sword.
3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake
   to stop a wheel.
4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;
   as, the gripe of poverty.
5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly
   used in the plural.
6. (Naut.)
   (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the
       fore end; the forefoot.
   (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the
       water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
   (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,
       fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats
       when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat
       to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
{Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard