grice
noun
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
Showing results for grice.
Search instead for
gricen.
grice
1 American
[grahys]
/ graɪs /
noun
Chiefly Scot.
Grice
2
American
[grahys]
/ graɪs /
noun
grice
British
/ ˈɡraɪs /
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of grice
1175–1225; Middle English gris < Old Norse grīss pig
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
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
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
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 Andrew Lang
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
Lay the head o' the sow to the tail o' the grice.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Anthony Grice said he had been quoted £12,000 to take a stall at the St George's Plateau attraction.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The research was supported by a 2021 Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship awarded to Professor Grice.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
The group's director, Natasha Grice, told the BBC the railway needs to rebuild trust, and transparency around cancellations was part of that.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Mrs. Grice turned to Philip with a smile of delighted surprise.
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
