grice (plural grice or grices)
(now Scotland) A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of wild pig or boar native to Scotland, now extinct.
grice (third-person singular simple present grices, present participle gricing, simple past and past participle griced)
(UK, rail transport, slang) to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.
grice (plural grices)
(obsolete) A gree; a step.
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Grice (plural Grices)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grice is the 3984th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8914 individuals. Grice is most common among White (65.26%) and Black/African American (30.1%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Grice, n. Etym: [OE. gris, grise; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. grss, Sw. gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. , Skr. ghrshvi, boar. Cf. Grise, Griskin.]
Definition: A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]
Grice, n.
Definition: See Gree, a step. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 July 2025
(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience; “the timid child of authoritarian parents”; “insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
