Pronunciation : Grig
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Sw. kr?k little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?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 Etym: [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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913