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Grise vs Grize - What's the difference?

grise | grize |

As nouns the difference between grise and grize

is that grise is a greyish shade given to a work of art while grize is .

As a verb grise

is .

grise

English

Etymology 1

Properly the plural of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Every grise of fortune / Is smoothed by that below.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (a pig)
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    grize

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Webster 1913)