Grig (grĭg), n. [Cf. Sw. kräk little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A cricket or grasshopper. (b) Any small eel. (c) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut.
2. Heath. Audrey.
As merry as a grig, a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of “As merry as a Greek; ” by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.