Defn: The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.
— Griev'ing-ly, adv. Shak.
GRIEVOUS
Griev"ous, a. Etym: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear;
offensive; harmful.
The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi 11.
2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 20.
3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction;
as, a grievous cry.
— Griev"ous*ly, adv.
— Griev"ous*ness, n.
GRIFF
Griff, n. Etym: [Cf. Gripe.]
1. Grasp; reach. [Obs.] A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. Holland.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.] (Weaving)
Defn: An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Knight.
GRIFFE
Griffe, n. Etym: [F.]