griper (griper)

1. One who or that which gripes; an extortioner.-21. A Thames collier or coal-barge. There be also certain colliers that bring coles to London by water in barges, and they be called gripers . Greene, Disc. of Coosnage. gripe's-eggt (grips'eg), n. An egg-shaped ve el used by alchemists. Let the water in gla E be filtered, And put into the gripe's egg. IMG:content-2689.png:[blocks in formation] Well griple in his hand. Top sell , Beasts, p. 213. ( Hall i well .)