Grig \Grig\ (gr[i^]g), n. [Cf. Sw. kr[aum]k little creature,
reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) A cricket or grasshopper. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) Any small eel.
(c) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. Heath. [Prov. Eng.]
--Audrey.
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As merry as a grig [etymology uncertain], a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of "As merry as a Greek; " by others, to be an allusion to the cricket. [1913 Webster]
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