Grip

The griffin.

A small ditch or furrow.

To trench; to drain.

An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"