grice

¹ American  

[grahys] / graɪs /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.

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Grice ² American  

[grahys] / graɪs /

noun

1. H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.

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grice British  

/ ˈɡraɪs /

verb

1. (intr) (of a railway enthusiast) to collect objects or visit places connected with trains and railways

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noun

1. an object collected or place visited by a railway enthusiast

Other Word Forms

• gricer noun
• gricing noun

Etymology

Origin of grice

1175–1225; Middle English gris < Old Norse grīss pig

Example Sentences

Then we cut to Ukip's leader Lord Pearson, a man straight out of society's top drawer, whose accent is instantly redolent of grouse, or perhaps that should be grice, moors and weekend shooting parties.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2010

Poverty is a comparative thing, and each degree of it is mocked by its "neighbour grice."

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

Lay the head o' the sow to the tail o' the grice.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

The English "verdigris" is a corruption of vert de grice.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Katie Beardie had a grice, It could skate upon the ice; Wasna that a dentie grice?

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert