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.