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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRICE

n.A little pig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRICE

Grice, n. Etym: [OE. gris, grise; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. grss,Sw. gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. , Skr. ghrshvi, boar. Cf. Grise, Griskin. ]

Defn: A little pig. [Written also grise. ] [Scot. ]

GRICE

GRICE Grice, n.

Defn: See Gree, a step. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

New American Oxford Dictionary

gricer

gricer |ˈgrʌɪsə | ▶noun Brit. informal a fanatical railway enthusiast. DERIVATIVES gricing noun ORIGIN 1960s: origin uncertain; perhaps a humorous representation of an upper-class pronunciation of grouser ‘grouse-shooter ’.

Oxford Dictionary

gricer

gricer |ˈgrʌɪsə | ▶noun Brit. informal a fanatical railway enthusiast. DERIVATIVES gricing noun ORIGIN 1960s: origin uncertain; perhaps a humorous representation of an upper-class pronunciation of grouser ‘grouse-shooter ’.