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Definition of Grig

Grig
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.

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- Hump-winged grigs are insects belonging to the genus Cyphoderris, in the family Prophalangopsidae, and superfamily Grylloidea (crickets). In modern times...
- Edvard Hagerup Grieg (/ɡriːɡ/ GREEG, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑʈ ˈhɑ̀ːɡərʉp ˈɡrɪɡː]; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He...
- There is only one extant genus in North America, where they are known as grigs, four genera in Asia, and many extinct genera (see below). The earliest...
- Gregorian Bivolaru also known as Magnus Aurolsson and nicknamed Grieg, Grig or, by the press, Guru (born 12 March 1952) is a Romanian tantric yoga guru...
- friendly reptilian Navigator named Grig, and explains his unwillingness to take part in the coming conflict. Grig sympathizes with Alex while Centauri...
- Lucy Grig is Professor of the History of Late Antiquity and a former Head of classics (2019-2022) at the University of Edinburgh. Grig was a lecturer...
- Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Grig in The Last Starfighter (1984), "The Old Man" in RoboCop (1987) and its 1990...
- Oxford History of classical Art, 1993, OUP, ISBN 0-1981-4386-9, pp. 338–340; Grig, Lucy, "Portraits, Pontiffs and the Christianization of Fourth-Century Rome"...
- Grygla (/ˈɡrɪɡlə/ GRIG-lə) is a city in Valley Township of Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The po****tion was 180 at the 2020 census. According...
- emperor who moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople Grig, Lucy; Kelly, Gavin (2012). Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity...