(n)a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791), Syn.Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
(n)Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916), Syn.Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
‖n.; pl.Fingrigos [ So called in Jamaica. ] (Bot.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Sw. kräk little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket. ] 1. (Zool.) (a) A cricket or grasshopper. [ Prov. Eng. ] (b) Any small eel. (c) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Heath. [ Prov. Eng. ] Audrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
As merry as a grig [ etymology uncertain ], a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of “As merry as a Greek; ” by others, to be an allusion to the cricket. [ 1913 Webster ]