Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grype"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grype \Grype\, v. t.
To gripe. [Obs.] See {Gripe}. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grype \Grype\, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See {Griffin}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A vulture; the griffin. [Written also {gripe}.] [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Griffin \Grif"fin\, Griffon \Grif"fon\, n. [OE. griffin,
griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to
gryps, Gr. ?; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and
akin to grypo`s curved, hook-nosed.]
1. (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It
is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.
2. (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic
charge.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A species of large vulture ({Gyps fulvus})
found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North
Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also {gripe}, and
{grype}. It is supposed to be the ``eagle'' of the Bible.
The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also
{gryphon}.]
4. An English early apple.
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