griffin age (grifinaj)

Same as griffinism, 2. griffinish (grif'in-ish), a. [ Not having knelt in Palestine, I feel None of that griffinish exce of zeal Some travellers would blaze with here in France. Hood, To Rae Wilson. grille tremble, Thy bydding, Lord, I shall fulfill, And never more the greeve ne grill . Chester Play, in Marriott's Mir. Plays, p. 4. If you love a wenche wel, eyther loude and stille, Bestir wel, but yef hir noute; grant hir al hir welle; By thou noht so hardy hir on is to grille. MS. Arund. Coll . Arm ., 27, 1. 130. ( Hall i well .) 2. To terrify; cause to tremble. Worcester . II. in trans. 1. To tremble; shiver. [Now only Scotch.] . And lete also the belles knylle To make her hortes [their hearts] the more grylle . Myre, Instructions, 1. 777. 2. To snarl; snap. [Prov. Eng.] grilllt (gril), a. [ME. gril, gryl, grill, grille, grylle, harsh, rough, severe, = MHG. grel, G. grell, harsh, angry, =Dan. grel, shrill (of sound), glaring, dazzling (of light); from the verb: see grilll, v.] Harsh; rough; severe; cruel. IMG:content-2675.jpg:[blocks in formation] In wedres gryl and derk to sighte. or new-comer. Next to my grifinish wonder at the want of white faces has been my regret to perceive the utter absence of any friendly relations between the white and the black faces. W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, I. 189. griffinism (grif'in-izm), n. [ griffin + -ism .] 1. Jealous watchfulne or care, like that of the griffin: as, the griffinism of a London dow- ager.-2. In India and the East, the state or character of a griffin or new-comer; greenne or inexperience. Also griffin age . griffin-male (grif'in-māl'), n. In her ., a griffin without wings and having large ears. griffin-vulture (grif'in-vultūr), n. A vulture of the genus Gyps , of which there are several species, the best-known being G. fulvus. Griffith's mixture. See mixture . griffon1 (grif'on), n. Same as griffin . Griffon2+, n. [ME., also Gryffon , Griffoun, Gryf foun ; OF.griffon , grifon (=Pr. grifo ), a name given to the Byzantine Greeks and to the peo- pho (n-), gri- ple of the East; appar. an opprobrious use of griffon, grifon, a griffin, perhaps suggested by some of the numerous forms for 'Greek.'] A griffo(n-), a griffin (also in ML. a Greek. certain coin), The Gryffouns than gayli gonne stint atte cherche. aug. of the sim William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1961. ple form, OF. grif, also grip = Sp. grifo = Pg. grifo, gripho, grypho = It. griffo (= OHG. grif, grifo, MHG. grif, G. greif, etc., = E. gripe: see gripe3 ), an ne of Gr. γρύψ, a griffin, to γύψ, a vulture. Cf. gripe3.] 1. In myth., imaginary animal supposed to be generated between the lion and the eagle, and to combine the head, front, and wings of an eagle Griffin, from a Greek Sarcowith the body and hind phagus. quarters of a lion. This animal was supposed to watch over mines of gold and hidden treasures, and was consecrated to the sun. The figure of the griffin is seen on an cient coins, and is borne in coat-armor. It is also a fre quent motive in architectural decoration. Girphinne, baith bird and best, we suld call it To blase, "membrit and armyt" boith Iustly. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 99. Where there are also Gryphons keepers of their trea- sures, or men with Goats feet. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 395. As when a gryphon through the wilderne With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the A rim as pian. Milton , P. L., ii. 943. Two Sphinxes very clearly to be recognised on the cylinder, but which Mr. King strangely enough converts in his description into Gryphons . C. T. Newton , Art and Archeol., p. 314.