=Griffin= (_Allan_), landlord of the Griffin inn, at Perth.—Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid of Perth_ (time, Henry IV.). =Griffin-feet=, the mark by which the Desert Fairy was known in all her metamorphoses.—Comtesse D’Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ (“The Yellow Dwarf,” 1682). =Griffiths= (_Old_), steward of the earl of Derby.—Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time Charles II.). _Griffiths_ (_Samuel_), London agent of Sir Arthur Darsie Redgauntlet.—Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time George III.). =Griflet= (_Sir_), knighted by King Arthur at the request of Merlin, who told the king that Sir Griflet would prove “one of the best knights of the world, and the strongest man of arms.”—Sir T. Malory, _History of Prince Arthur_, i. 20 (1470). =Griggsby’s Station.= Old home of a newly-made rich family, for which they pine,— “In a great big house with cyarpets on the stairs And the pump right in the kitchen.” “Let’s go a-visitin’ back to Griggsby Station. Back where they’s nothin’ aggervatin’ any more, Shet away safe in the woods around the old location, Back where we ust to be so happy an’ so pore.” James Whitcomb Reilly, _Afterwhiles_ (1888). =Grildrig=, a mannikin. She gave me the name “Grildrig,” which the family took up, and afterwards the whole kingdom. The word imports what the Latin calls _manunculus_ the Italian _homunceletion_, and the English _mannikin_.—Dean Swift, _Gulliver’s Travels_ (“Voyage to Brobdingnag,” 1726). =Grim=, a fisherman who rescued, from a boat turned adrift, an infant named Habloc, whom he adopted and brought up. This infant was the son of the king of Denmark, and when restored to his royal father, the fisherman, laden with rich presents, built the village, which he called after his own name, _Grims-by_ or “Grim’s town.” ⁂ The ancient seal of the town contained the names of “Gryme” and “Habloc.” _Grim (Giant,)_ a huge giant, who tried to stop pilgrims on their way to the Celestial City. He was slain by Mr. Greatheart.—Bunyan, _Pilgrim’s Progress_, ii. (1684). =Grimalkin=, a cat, the spirit of a witch. Any witch was permitted to assume the body of a cat nine times. When the “first Witch” (in _Macbeth_) hears a cat mew, she says, “I come, Grimalkin” (act i. sc. 1). =Grime=, the partner of Item the usurer. It is to Grime that Item appeals when he wants to fudge his clients. “Can we do so, Mr. Grime?” brings the stock answer, “Quite impossible, Mr. Item.”—Holcroft, _The Deserted Daughter_ (1784), altered into _The Steward_. =Grimes= (_Peter_) the drunken thievish son of a steady fisherman. He had a boy, whom he killed by ill-usage, and two others he made away with; but escaped conviction through defect of evidence. As no one would live with him, he turned mad, was lodged in the parish poor-house, confessed his crimes in delirium, and died.—Crabbe, _Borough_, xxii, (1810).