the griffin.-a small ditch or furrow.-to trench; to drain.-an energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.-a peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.-that by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.-a device for grasping or holding fast to something.-to give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.