Grip

1. A small ditch or furrow.
2. The griffin.
3. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
4. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
5. To trench; to drain.
6. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
7. To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
8. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.