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

Oh, Hoxford was a pleasant plice To many a poet dear, And Saccharissa had the grice In Hoxford to appear.

From New Collected Rhymes by Lang, Andrew

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

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

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander