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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†GRICIFER, Grisifer, n. A disease of swine (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928), gris-). [′grisɪfər, ′graisi- (Jak.)]Sh. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 XV. 128:
They [swine] are liable to a complaint called the gricifer, which deprives them of the use of their hinder legs. They very seldom, if ever, recover of it.

[Grice + Faar, n.1, an epidemic.]

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