Grise

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), n. [Prop. pl. of gree a
     step.]
     A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.]
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           Every grise of fortune


           Is smoothed by that below.               --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s), n.
     See {Grice}, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gree \Gree\, n.; pl. {Grees} (gr[=e]z); obs. plurals {Greece}
     (gr[=e]s) {Grice} (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), {Grise}, {Grize}
     (gr[imac]z or gr[=e]z), etc. [OF. gr['e], F. grade. See
     {Grade.}]
     A step.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grice \Grice\ (gr[imac]s), n. [OE. gris, grise; of Scand.
     origin; cf. Icel. gr?ss, Sw. gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. ?,
     Skr. ghrshvi, boar. Cf. {Grise}, {Griskin}.]
     A little pig. [Written also {grise}.] [Scot.]
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