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Look up: gripe

  1. gripe
    [n] - informal terms for objecting 2. [v] - complain
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Gripe
    Gripe noun [ See Grype .] (Zoology) A vulture; the griffin. [ Obsolete] « Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.» Shak. Gripe's egg , an alchemist's vessel. [ Obsolete] E. Jonson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/59

  3. Gripe
    Gripe transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Griped ; present participle & verbal noun Griping .] [ Anglo-Saxon gripan ; akin to Dutch grijpen , German greifen...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/59

  4. Gripe
    Gripe intransitive verb 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. (Nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when s...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/59

  5. Gripe
    Gripe noun 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 de...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/59

  6. gripe
    <zoology> A vulture; the griffin. 'Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.' (Shak) Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. ... See: Grype. ... 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 grip...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. gripe
    kick noun informal terms for objecting; `I have a gripe about the service here`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. gripe
    grouse verb complain; `What was he hollering about?`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Gripe
    • (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty. • (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. • (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the bo...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Gripe
    (tool) A `gripe` is a simple form of clamp used in building a clinker boat, for temporarily holding the strake which is being fitted onto the one to which it is to be attached. The strake is relatively thin and wide so that it is necessary for the tool to have a long reach while only a small ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gripe



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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