单词 | griper |
释义 | gripern.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > one who gripper1570 fastener1628 griper1676 grappler1832 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vi. ii. 452 Suppose the uneasie posture, and the long griping tires the Griper. 2. One who oppresses people by extortionate or niggardly methods; an extortioner. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who wringera1300 askera1325 extortionerc1375 exactor1382 scaffer?a1513 shaver1534 caterpillar1541 bloodsucker?1555 suck-purse1586 griper1587 extortor1590 exacter1596 extorter1605 barathrum1609 wreather1648 shark1713 vampire1741 bleeder1846 flayer1865 extortionist1885 Shylock1894 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iii. i. 88 Our noble universities, whose lands some greedie gripers doo gape wide for. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. ix. 9) They were great gripers, and exacted extremely upon the Jews. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gripe, or Griper, an old Covetous Wretch. Also a Banker, Money Scrivener, or Usurer. 1823 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1824) 533 Southey's sackbut tunes the praise of every Royal griper. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xiv. 123 That foxey old grasper and griper. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] sorrowOE ail?c1225 scorpion?c1225 dolec1290 angera1325 anguishc1330 cupa1340 aggrievancea1400 discomfortc1405 afflictionc1429 sytec1440 pressurea1500 constraint1509 tenterhook1532 grief1535 annoying1566 troubler1567 griper1573 vexation1588 infliction1590 trouble1591 temptationc1595 load1600 torment1600 wringer1602 sorance1609 inflicting1611 brusha1616 freighta1631 woe-heart1637 ordeala1658 cut-up1782 unpleasure1792 iron maiden1870 mental cruelty1899 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 28v Winter..a grieper of al things, & specially age. ?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 420 Love's a griper. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] griper1598 torturea1616 shiners1630 wooden horse1731 iron mask1752 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Catollo, a tormenting instrument called a griper or pincher. b. gen. A device for gripping. ΚΠ 1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 57 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III My fourth improvement relates to the employment of gripers jointed to a chuck or head on the end of a hollow mandrel. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > canine seizera1425 eyetooth1530 dog-tooth1552 griper1600 canine tooth1607 holder1672 twang1677 peg tooth1681 wick1726 fanger1763 canine1835 cuspid1878 pin tooth1886 stomach-tooth1890 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxxvii. 865 With pincers..break al the teeth of the neather iaw, wherein the great gripers stand. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for indigestion stomachical1657 antacid1699 peptic1703 pepastic1706 gripe water1728 stomachic1733 concoctor1764 griper1766 stomatic1842 gripe mixture1891 peptonizer1893 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide iv. ii. 29 Tho' I've taken a Griper, I'll venture to peck at the Dory and Piper. 7. One who complains. Cf. gripe v.1 10. U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1937 Amer. Speech 12 315/2 Radio lacks a word to describe the disgruntled listener... Griper is not precise enough. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 315/2 Griper, a customer that always finds fault. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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