| 释义 |
† gripen, ppl. a. Obs.
[Vulgar survival of the str. pa. pple. of gripe v.1]
Of the fist: Clenched.
1706Vanbrugh Prov. Wife iv. iii, I did but offer in mere civility to help her up the steps into our apartment,—and with her gripen fist (Sir John Brute knocks him down)—aye, just so, sir. 1790Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. (1821) 14 He up wie his gripin neaf an felt me owar. |