Sekirov Dictionary

gripple

/ˈɡɹɪpəl/

adjective 3
noun 3
verb 1
forms 5

adjective3

(dialect, UK) Griping; tenacious; gripping.
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(dialect, UK) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
- Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse — 1590
(dialect, UK) Sprained.

noun3

A ditch; a drain.
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(no longer used, rare) A grasp; a grip.
- Ne ever Artegall his griple strong / For any thing wold slacke, but still upon him hong. — 1596
(no longer used, rare) A hook.

verb1

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(no longer used, rare) To grasp or grab.
- 'If owt comes to Mulvaaney 'long o' you, I'll gripple you, clouts or no clouts on your ugly head, an' I'll draw t' throat twistyways, man. See there now.' — 1889

forms

grippled · grippling · gripples · more gripple · most gripple

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