grice
grice · gricen · grices
A pig, especially a young pig, or its meatA pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.
/ɡɹʌɪs/
Meaning
2 senses(Scotland)A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.
(obsolete)A step or stair.
Origin
From Middle English gris, from Old Norse gríss (“male pig; pigling”). Compare Old Dutch grFrom Middle English gris, from Old Norse gríss (“male pig; pigling”). Compare Old Dutch gristo, gristio (“boar, wild boar”).
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Forms
plural: gricen / gricesWord family
1 related wordsDerivedgriskin
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.