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Lively one, in Leeds
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grig
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Word definitions for grig in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grig \Grig\ (gr[i^]g), n. [Cf. Sw. kr["a]k little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.] (Zo["o]l.) A cricket or grasshopper. [Prov. Eng.] Any small eel. The broad-nosed eel. See Glut . [Prov. Eng.] Heath. [Prov. Eng.] --Audrey. As merry as ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 little creature; 2 # A cricket or grasshopper. 3 # An insect in the family Prophalangopsidae, related to katydids 4 # Any small eel. 5 # The broad-nosed eel. See glut 6 heath. vb. (context transitive English) To irritate or annoy.
Usage examples of grig.
Once they were situated, Paitor pulled a green cloth bag from his pocket, and Grig brought three stainless drinking cups from his pouch.
When they were each holding a cup and the bottle was recorked and stowed next to Grig on the bunk, Paitor cleared his throat.
Jethri stared, and it did occur to him that maybe Grig had started his drinking before the Blusharie.
Seeli, who was sitting center-circle with Grig at her left hand and Paitor at her right.
Across the circle, Seeli was up, Grig beside her, lanky and limpid like always, watching as Paitor held a hand out to Iza.
Likewise, he could have foretold that the detail work would fall to Seeli, and that Grig would stand her second.
Come to that, neither Paitor nor Grig was likely to have let him get away without knowing how to balance a pod.
Thing had some weight to it--heavier than you expected, like his fractin, which Grig had said enclosed alien workings.
There was a small pause, growing longer, as Paitor waited for Grig to say something.
She favored Grig with a glare, and he dipped his head, agreeable-like.
Which was too bad, so Grig thought, given that the reputation of the yard sat square on her shoulders.
Family resemblance, thought Grig, and laughed a little, under his breath.
His father and Grig used to argue about it, he remembered, his breathing less labored now, and his brain taking advantage of the extra oxygen.
Arin had insisted that the little device was a predictor, Grig had thought otherwise--or said he thought otherwise.
He moved a hand, showing Grig a deep, soft chair at the corner of the desk.