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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1588, 1690

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Gripe, n. [ME. gripe (a 1400), OE. gripe.] a. A grip or hold. b. Some part of a gun. —1588 King Catechism 59.
Be hop it [sc. the soul] gettis ane neirer gripe of the guidnes of God 1690 Thanes of Cawdor 376.
To the docking, bushing, nails to the lockis, gripes and gaurds to the forsaid 140 guns

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