Gripe \Gripe\, n. [See {Grype}.] (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Gripe's egg}, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] --E. Jonson. [1913 Webster]