griffes

/G R IH1 F S/
noun
  1. 1

    A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.

  2. 2

    (chiefly US, dialectal, dated or historical) A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.

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