grice
noun
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
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grice
1 American
[grahys]
/ graɪs /
noun
Chiefly Scot.
Grice
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American
[grahys]
/ graɪs /
noun
grice
British
/ ˈɡraɪs /
verb
noun
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Etymology
Origin of grice
1175–1225; Middle English gris < Old Norse grīss pig
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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
Lay the head o' the sow to the tail o' the grice.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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 Robert Ford
The English "verdigris" is a corruption of vert de grice.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Two other names for the pig are the northern Galt and the Lincolnshire Grice— "Marcassin, a young wild boare; a shoot or grice."
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
Long before RZA and the GZA became musical legends – when their friends called them Robert Diggs and Gary Grice – martial arts cinema was relegated to cinematic margins.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
Sam Grice, founder of Octopus Legacy, has been seeking to change this by encouraging more young people to draft their will after his mother Jeanette died in a car crash when he was 27.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Grice is being held without bond at the Texas County Detention Center in Guymon, a jail official said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Miss Grice is determined to keep campaigning for further change so that other families will not face the same tragedy as hers.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023
"I have an idea, Mrs. Grice," said Philip, plucking up courage, "that I took over all the fixtures from the landlord."
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
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