GRIP
NOUNS
► FANG a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip → a1400 obs.
► HANDFAST firm hold or grip with the hands → 1545 obs.
► TAIL HOLD a firm grip → 1874 Amer. dial.
► YOKE a grip, a grasp, a hold → 1892 Sc.
VERBS
► BECLIP to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip; to catch, to overtake → c1380 obs.
► HANG BY THE EYELIDS to hang by a very slight hold; to have a loose grip → 1587
► NEIVE to catch with the hands, to pinch, to grip → 1824 Sc.
► NEVEL to grip, to squeeze, to pinch with the fingers; to feel by pinching or prodding, sometimes in an indecent sense → 1788 Sc.
► TACKLE to grip, to lay hold of → E19 sl.
► WHITE-KNUCKLE to grip something so tightly through fear or tension that one’s knuckles whiten → 1977 colloq.
► YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute → 1775 Sc.
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