gripe's egg

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gripe's egg - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gripe \Gripe\, n. [See Grype.] (Zool.)
     A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]
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           Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.
                                                    --Shak.
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     Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson.
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