† gripe's eggn.
Obsolete.
A large egg (? an ostrich's) supposed to be that of a ‘gripe’; a vessel shaped like this; an oval-shaped cup.
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1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) I. 127 The Cuppe..was policed ek so clene That no signe of the Skulle was sene, But as it were a Gripes Ey.]
1391 Will of William Horbury (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/1) f. 65 Ciphum vocatum le Grypesheye.
1419 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 393 Alius ciphus vocatus a gryp ey.
1491 Will of Alis Vaughan formerly Rawlyn (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/9) f. 18 A gripes egg harnased with siluer.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. D4 Let the water in Glasse E. be feltred, And put into the Gripes egge . View more context for this quotation
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