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单词 gryph
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gryphn.

Forms: Also 1500s griph(e; also gryphe.
Etymology: A perversion of gripe n.3, after Latin grȳphus: see griffin n.1
Obsolete.
1. A griffin.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > (egg of) griffin
gripec1275
griffin13..
gripe's egg1391
grypha1398
griffiness1834
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lii. 853 Griphes kepen þis stoon [sc. Iaspis] as þay doon smaragdus.
c1425 Wynton Cron. i. x. 576 Gryphys [v.r. grypis] gret ner~hande thaim ar And dragownys.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 154 a What strange..conflictes doth..desire of golde raise vp betweene the people Arimaspi and the Gryphes?
2. A vulture. Also figurative.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture
gripea1250
vulturec1374
griffin1382
bawtere1486
grape?a1500
geir1565
gryph1570
carrion crow1699
aasvoel1821
carrion-vulture1829
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 125/2 The grype wyth talaunt, the dog wyth his tooth.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 316 They did eate, a Gripe in potage, and a Goose in pickle.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. xiii. 202 Plinie reporteth that griphes flie alwaies to the place of slaughter.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xviii. 43/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Argent three griphs or geires gules crowned gold: this griph or geire is a kind of an eagle.
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