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griper (ˈgraɪpə(r)) [f. gripe v.1 + -er1.] † 1. One who grasps. Obs.1676 Wiseman Surg. vi. ii. 452 Suppose the uneasie posture, and the long griping tires the Griper. 2. One who oppresses people by extortionate or niggardly methods; an extortioner. Now rare.1587 Harrison England ii. iii. (1877) i. 8...
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HMS Griper (1813)
HMS Griper was a of the British Royal Navy, built in 1813 by Mark Williams and John Davidson at Hythe. Griper returned to London and was paid off in December 1824.
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HMS Griper (1804)
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Lieutenant Edward Morris commissioned Griper in October 1804. On 24 April 1806 Griper captured Emanuel, Ole Ambriarusen, master.
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gripper
gripper (ˈgrɪpə(r)) [f. grip v.1 + -er1.] One who or that which grips. † 1. gen. = griper 1. Obs. rare—1.1570 Levins Manip. 74/24 A Gripper, harpax. 2. spec. a. ‘In Ireland, a sheriff's officer; a bailiff’ (Cassell 1884). b. Austral. slang. One who catches sheep for the shearers.1886 C. Scott Sheep-...
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HMS Griper (1797)
Lieutenant Edward Hodge commanded Griper in 1799. On 19 August Griper arrived in Sunderland. On 14 April Griper was at Sheerness.
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puker
puker (ˈpjuːkə(r)) [f. puke v. + -er1.] 1. One who pukes or vomits.1846 in Worcester. † 2. A medicine causing puking; an emetic. Obs.1714 Garth Dispens. iii. 28 The Griper Senna, and the Puker Rue, The Sweetner Sassafras are added too.
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HMS Griper
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griper:
was a gunvessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
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Douglas Clavering
Griper sailed from Spitsbergen on 23 June, and headed for the east coast of Greenland. The Griper continued north until blocked by ice.
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Hecla and Griper Bay
Hecla and Griper Bay is an Arctic waterway. Located in the Hazen Strait, it is a large inlet in the north of Melville Island, Canada.
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Hecla
Building, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Hecla, South Dakota, USA
Hecla, Wyoming, USA, a ghost town near Laramie
Hecla and Fury Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Hecla and Griper
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Clavering Island
was named by the second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 as Clavering Insel to commemorate Douglas Charles Clavering (1794–1827), commander of the Griper In late August 1823, Clavering and the crew of the Griper encountered a band of twelve Inuit, including men, women and children.
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Henry Foster (scientist)
Later, he served aboard HMS Griper in 1823 as part of the British Naval Scientific Expedition to the Arctic led by Douglas Clavering.
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HMSAS Afrikander
She was listed at Portsmouth "for coastal defence" in 1881 and in 1885, during the Russian War Scare, she, Gadfly and Griper were towed to the Cape by
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Eldridge Bay
Eldridge Bay is an Arctic waterway Melville Island's Sabine Peninsula, the bay is an arm of Hecla and Griper Bay. Sabine Bay is to the south.
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George Beaumont (minister)
The griper: being a letter to John Harvey, esq. in reply to his ungenerous animadversions, in a public assembly, in the old library room on 14 December
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