Hypertext Webster Gateway: "griping"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gripe \Gripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Griped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Griping}.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG.
gr?fan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan;
cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah,
grabh, to seize. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Grope}.]
1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers;
to clutch.

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.

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