Grig (?), n. [Cf. Sw. krak 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.]
2.
Heath.
[Prov. Eng.]
Audrey.
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.
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