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In some senses, gripple is marked as obsolete, UK, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
gripple
/ˈɡɹɪpəl/
adj 3noun 3verb 1
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1ADJ.
hard
Definitions
adj
1
Griping; tenacious; gripping.
2
Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse
It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]
3
Sprained.
noun
1
A ditch; a drain.
noun
1
A hook.
2
A grasp; a grip.
Ne ever Artegall his griple strong / For any thing wold slacke, but still upon him hong.
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Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse
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It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]
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Ne ever Artegall his griple strong / For any thing wold slacke, but still upon him hong.
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