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gryping

gryping is the present participle and gerund of grype.

Meaning of grype

Noun

grype (plural grypes)

  1. (obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
    • One grype-ſchill, with a covering, gilt, […]1758 [1540], “The Inventory of such Things as were kept in the Church of Fountains”, in John Burton, editor, Monasticon Eboracense: and the Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire, York: […] for the...

Questions about gryping

What is gryping the present participle and gerund of?
Gryping is the present participle and gerund of grype.

Words near gryping in the dictionary

  1. gryphites
  2. gryphon
  3. gryphons
  4. gryphosis
  5. gryphs
  6. gryping
  7. grypoceratid
  8. grypoceratids
  9. gryposis
  10. Grypsera
  11. grypt

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