From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grig \Grig\ (gr[i^]g), noun [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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