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Griffon   /grˈɪfən/   Listen
Griffon

noun
1.
Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.  Synonyms: griffin, gryphon.
2.
Breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle.  Synonyms: Belgian griffon, Brussels griffon.
3.
Breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France.  Synonym: wire-haired pointing griffon.
4.
Large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings.  Synonyms: griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus.



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... was now temporarily broken up, Cutler's division sent to Wright, and Griffin's to Hancock. Meade ordered his chief of staff, General Humphreys, to remain with Warren and the remaining division, and authorized him to give ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

... occur in the English version; but here an attack on Havelok on his return home to Denmark is made by men led by one Griffin, and this otherwise unexplainable survival of a Welsh name seems to connect the two accounts in some way that recalls the ancient legend at ...
— Havelok The Dane - A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln • Charles Whistler

... projects with Christian people. They distributed missionary sermons. A list was made of the names of distinguished ministers, to whom these young men made frequent visits, urging their suit. Among them, the first to take fire, was Dr. Worcester. With one of them, Dr. Griffin, Mills asked to be permitted to study theology. Said the Doctor: "I had always refused such applications, but from the love I bore to him, I agreed to criticise one sermon a week. After that exercise he would commonly sit and draw ...
— A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - [Samuel John Mills] • Elisabeth G. Stryker

... this charter the organizers of the new company induced the king to lend them five of his Majesty's ships. These vessels, the "Henrietta," "Sophia," "Amity," "Griffin" and "Kingsale," were loaded with goods, tools and chemicals necessary for the working of the projected gold mines. Captain Robert Holmes, who had been with Prince Rupert in 1652, was given charge of the expedition; but the ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various

... of Griffin's division was out all night trying to find its way through the thickets, and did not reach the main army until 4 A.M. Wilcox's brigade, which came the next day from Banks' Ford to reinforce the enemy, had a ...
— Chancellorsville and Gettysburg - Campaigns of the Civil War - VI • Abner Doubleday


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