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Definition of Grise
1. n. See Grice, a pig.
2. n. A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Definition of Grise
1. to shudder [v GRISED, GRISING, GRISES] - See also: shudder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grise
Literary usage of Grise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"(Reinette grise d'Hiver, 15)? (Reinette toute grise, 15)' A little russet apple
valued only because of its excellent dessert quality. ..."
2. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"La petite Mouette grise, Brisson. MR PENNANT describes this as a variety of the
Black- headed or Pewit Gull. He says, " It differed in having the edges of ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Specifically, in lier., a young wild boar. Tile distinction between a grise and
a boar cannot always be maintained in delineation. Compare eagle and eaglet. ..."
4. The Fruits and Fruit-trees of America: Or, the Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Downing (1900)
"There are a number of varieties of Reinette grise, or Gray Reinette. ...
Beinette grise d'Hiver. Prager. Fruit medium, roundish, yellowish green, ..."
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