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.