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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Griping,) Grvping, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (1573), f. Gripe v.] Grasping, exacting. —1558-66 Knox II. 417.
The effairis of the kytcheing wer so gryping, that the Mynisteris stipendis could nocht be payit
