Part 4987

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Grise</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grise</hw> <tt>(gr&imac;s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Grice</er>, a pig.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Grise</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grise</hw> <tt>(gr&imac;s &or; gr&emac;s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prop. pl. of <ets>gree</ets> a step.]</ety> <def>A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Every <b>grise</b> of fortune Is smoothed by that below. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Griseous</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>griseus</ets>. See <er>Gris</er>.]</ety> <def>Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.</def>

<i>Maunder.</i>

<h1>Grisette</h1> <Xpage=651>

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

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Griskin</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Grise a <ets>pig + -kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>The spine of a hog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Grisled</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gri"sled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Obs.]</ety> <def>See Grizzled.</def>

<h1>Grisliness</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being grisly; horrid.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Grisly</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE, <ets>grisly</ets>, <ets>grislich</ets>, AS. <ets>grislic</ets>, <ets>gryslic</ets>, fr. <ets>gr<?/san t</ets>o shudder; cf. OD. <ets>grijselick</ets> horrible, OHG. <ets>grisenl</ets>?<ets>ch</ets>, and also AS. <ets>gre</ets>?<ets>san</ets> to frighten, and E. <ets>gruesome</ets>.]</ety> <def>Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; <as>as, <ex>grisly</ex> locks; a <ex>grisly</ex> specter.</as></def> "Grisly to behold."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>A man of <b>grisly</b> and stern gravity. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Grisly bear</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Grizzly</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Grison</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gri"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>grison</ets> gray, gray-haired, <ets>gris</ets> gray. See <er>Gris</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (<spn>Galictis vittata</spn>). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called <altname>South American glutton</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> A South American monkey (<spn>Lagothrix infumatus</spn>), said to be gluttonous.</def>

<h1>Grisons</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gri"sons</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <singf>sing.</singf> <def>The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.</def>