'Griff' definitions:
Definition of 'Griff'
From: GCIDE
- Griff \Griff\, n. A person of mixed blood. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Griff'
From: GCIDE
- Griff \Griff\, n. [Cf. Gripe.]
- 1. Grasp; reach. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.] (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. --Knight. [1913 Webster]