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. Grise \Grise\ (gr[imac]s), n. See {Grice}, a pig. [Prov. Eng.] 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.] Every grise of fortune Is smoothed by that below. --Shak.