GRIG

grig. Grig, n. a small eel, a merry fellow

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Grig (grĭg), n. [[Cf. Sw. kräk little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.]] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A cricket or grasshopper. (b) Any small eel. (c) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut.
2. 2. Heath. Audrey.
As merry as a grig , a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of “As merry as a Greek; ” by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.