Grig

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {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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