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grig

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  1. 1. n. A cricket or grasshopper. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Any small eel. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The broad-nosed eel. See Glut. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Heath. Source: opted
  5. 5. 1. (Zoöl.) (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
  6. 6. n. A cricket or grasshopper. n. Any small eel. n. The broad-nosed eel. See Glut. n. Heath. Source: ecdict

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