Definition of "griff" [griff]

• Grasp; reach (noun)
• An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. (noun)
• Griffin, (white) newcomer (noun)
• Marijuana. (noun)

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• "Verisimilitude as 'griff' said was what was missing most."
• "That's why those who want the griff on the Duke of X and Waity Katie are really better off here."
• "He supplied us with fragments of “griff” as war news is incongruously termed in prison dialect."