Sirname of Grimaldi, whereof he was in right descended, and called him master Herminio the covetous Mizer, a nickname very notably agreeing with his gripple nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Decameron] Reference

This man he imagined best able to furnish him, if he could be won to do it willingly: but he was knowne to be so gripple and miserable, that hardly any meanes would drawe him to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Decameron] Reference

Clutch'd with his gripple claws the Prince his prey.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poems of William Watson] Reference

'Naebody wad be sae gripple as to take his gear'; and cp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marmion] Reference

To these things Learoyd, slow to perceive the evidences of sincerity, answered only, 'If owt comes to Mulvaaney 'long o' you, I'll gripple you, clouts or no clouts on your ugly head, an 'I'll draw t' throat twistyways, man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soldier Stories] Reference

To these things, Learoyd, slow to perceive the evidences of sincerity, answered only, 'If owt comes to Mulvaaney 'long o' you, I'll gripple you, clouts or no clouts on your ugly head, an 'I'll draw t' throat twistyways, man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life's Handicap] Reference

The "gripple niggards" might have pleaded feebly in their own behalf that they could not all afford to spend, like Heber, a hundred thousand pounds in the purchase of books; and that an occasional reluctance to part with some hard-earned, hard-won volume might be pardonable in one who could not hope to replace it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans and Others] Reference

To these things Learoyd, slow to perceive the evidences of sincerity, answered only, "If owt comes to Mulvaaney 'long o 'you, I'll gripple you, clouts or no clouts on your ugly head, an' I'll draw t 'throat twistyways, man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indian Tales] Reference

To Charles, Isabel sent great complaints, declaring that she was "married to a gripple miser, and was no better than a waiting-woman, living on a pension from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II] Reference

And gripple thee unto a pagan shore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act V. Scene II. The Life and Death of King John] Reference

While gripple owners still refuse 220.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marmion] Reference

In the Town of Pistoia, bordering upon Florence, there lived not long since, a Knight named Signieur Francesco, descended of the linage or family of the Vergellisi, a man very rich, wise, and in many things provident, but gripple, covetous, and too close handed, without respect to his worth and reputation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Decameron] Reference