griffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Shortened from earlier griffin.

名詞

griff (複数形 griffs)

1. (India) griffin, (white) newcomer

語源 2

Compare grip, gripe.

名詞

griff (複数形 griffs)

1. (obsolete) grasp; reach
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 または 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:

     A vaine of gold ore within one spades griffe in the first turfe of the ground

2. (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

参照

• 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

別の表記

• grefa, griefo, griefs, grifa, griffa, griffo

名詞

griff (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, slang) marijuana.

派生語

• green griff
• griff house