grice
/ɡɹʌɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.34 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.
verb
To act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting; to trainspot.
British usage; Slang
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "This fine Smooth bawson cub, the young grice of a gray"
- "Further, there was of meats wheat bread, main-bread and ginge-bread with fleshes, beef, mutton, lamb, veal, venison, goose, grice, capon, coney, cran, swan, partridge, plover, duck, drake, brissel-cock and pawnies, black-cock and muir-fowl, cappercaillies;"
- "Through a door to one of the galleries, left half open on purpose I was attracted to a dainty hot supper, consisting of stewed mushrooms and the fat paps and ears of very young pigs, or, as they call them, gricen."
- "A model of the grice - which was the size of a large dog and had tusks - has been created after work by researchers and a taxidermist."
- "Many people joined the railways because the 'carrot' of a staff pass was a considerable attraction, whether for family travel or to grice at extremely low cost."
- "We can also roganise photo charters, large group footplate courses and gricing holidays [...]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɡɹʌɪs/