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.