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Grise (grs), n. See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]

Grise (grs or grs), n. [Prop. pl. of gree a step.] A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.]

Every grise of fortune Is smoothed by that below.

Shak.

Gris"e*ous (?), a. [LL. griseus. See Gris.] Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly. Maunder.

||Gri*sette" (?), n. [F., fr. grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. gris ||gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of ||this stuff. See Gars.] A French girl or young married woman of the ||lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of ||gallantry. Sterne.

Gris"kin (?), n. [Grise a pig + - kin.] The spine of a hog. [Obs.]

Gri"sled (?), a. [Obs.] See Grizzled.

Gris"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. Sir P. Sidney.

Gris"ly (?), a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr&?;san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome.] Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer.

A man of grisly and stern gravity.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

Grisly bear. (Zoˆl.) See under Grizzly.

Gri"son (?), n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See Gris.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton. (b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.

Gri"sons (?), n. pl. [F.] (Geog.) (a) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps. (b) sing. The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.

Grist (?), n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.]

1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.

Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.

Tusser. Q.

2. Supply; provision. Swift.

3. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. Knight.

All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.] -- To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.] Ayliffe.

Gris"tle (?), n. [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf. OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist.] (Anat.) Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon.

Gris"tly (?), a. (Anat.) Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.

Grist"mill" (?), n. A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.

Grit (?), n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. greÛt grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grjt, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.] 1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

2. The coarse part of meal.

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