The Collaborative International Dictionary
Griff \Griff\, n. A person of mixed blood.
Griff \Griff\, n. [Cf. Gripe.]
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Grasp; reach. [Obs.]
A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff.
--Holland. [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.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context India English) griffin, (white) newcomer Etymology 2
n. 1 (context obsolete English) grasp; reach 2 (context weaving English) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Etymology 3
alt. (context colloquial slang English) marijuana. n. (context colloquial slang English) marijuana.
Wikipedia
Griff may refer to:
- Griff (TV series), an American Broadcasting Company television series that lasted from 1973–1974
- Griffin, a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle
- Griff Rhys Jones, a British comedian, writer and actor
- Griff Tannen, a fictional character in Back to the Future Part II
- Griff, a fictional character in TV series Married... with Children, portrayed by Harold Sylvester
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Griff, Warwickshire, a place in England
- Nuneaton Griff F.C., a football club
- Griff., the botanical author abbreviation for William Griffith (botanist)
- Griff, the armored fans on a dragon's head in E. E. Knight's Age of Fire series
- Professor Griff, an American rapper
- Griff (Rave Master) anime character
- Griff, one of the key London Clan gargoyle allies of the Manhattan Clan in the Disney animated series Gargoyles.
- Griff, in regards to slavery in the United States, was used to refer to an enslaved person of mixed heritage, typically lighter in skin color than direct African slaves. In Louisiana, Griff was often used to refer to an enslaved person who was part native-American in their family heritage.
- The Griff, a satirical student magazine based at Homerton College (University of Cambridge)
Griff is an American crime drama starring Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy, which aired on ABC from September 29, 1973, to January 4, 1974.
Usage examples of "griff".
Griff Forteyn was an arresting devil with his shining dark eyes and ebony hair, which in defiance of alamodality, he never wore powdered.
Griffen, the eminent industrialist, and niece of noted authoress Laura Chase, was found dead in her Church St.
It was Scott Griffen, one of the few Helical people he was still in touch with.
The stench of the rotting, rubbery flesh did not appear to bother the fascinated ichthyologists, but Griff, at last, climbed to the headlands once more to gulp in cleaner air.
Harold Griffen, a sixty-year-old resident of Kitchener, Ontario, who had a record of more than two hundred arrests, had assaulted Jack Kauk, a waiter at a local hotel, because he had been refused further service.
The police chief was announcing the disappointing news to Rowling and the others when Griff arrived.
Within another half-minute, Will Parton, Griff Merricks, his cameraman and sound recordist had all disappeared in search of the Executive dining room.
He had fled from this studio of death, the moment that Griff Torrock had begun his duplication of the plunge that had carried Lee Selfkirk to a sudden death.
Also on the reception committee were Mrs Richard Chase Griffen, an Abyssinian maid in green and silver, Mrs.
It was probably almost beneath the surface at high tide, Griff judged by the lengths of vivid yellow sea moss that clung to it in ragged patches.
Griff appealed to his more seawise companions, hoping for an emphatic denial.
Then, catching a slight oration from Griff, Tongo reached out and lightly clapped his great hands on the shoulders of two State policemen.
Gabby was waving Tongo back into the cage, and Griff was getting ready to lock it.
Griff stopped at a cage specially reserved for Tongo, and noted that the prize simian was absent.
In mental stature, he towered above Griff, just as Tongo bulked physically above the professor, himself.