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. [1913 Webster]

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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grig \Grig\ (gr[i^]g), n. [Cf. Sw. kr["a]k little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.]

1. (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)