grievousness, grevousnesse

[English grievous; -ne .] The quality or state of being grievous. "The grievousne of the offense is to be opened."Strype: Life of Grindal , bk. ii., ch. xi. griff (1), s. [Etym. doubtful.] Weav. A series of horizontal parallel-edged bars, also known as knives or blades, arranged in a reciprocating frame to raise and lower the vertical hooked rods connected to the shedding mechanism, when the hooked ends of the rods are brought by a pattern device within the path of the knives. *griff (2), s . [A variant of GRIP.] Reach, grasp, grip. griffe, s. [Fr.) A mulatto woman; the child of a mulatto woman by a negro. grif-fin (1), s. [GRIFFON.]