▪ I. † gris, n. Obs.
Forms: 3–6 gris(e, 4–5 grece, 4–6 grys(e, (4 griis, 5 grijs), 5 gryce.
[a. OF. gris (14th c. in Godef.), subst. use of adj. gris (see gris a.). Cf. It. grigio homespun cloth, russet.]
A kind of grey fur.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 25466 Riche robe wit veir and grise. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 1220 Þai raft me fowe and griis, And þus wounded þai me. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Jacobus (minor) 764 Furryt wele in wayre & grece [rime dewice]. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xvii. 342 Both in grey and in grys And in gilt harneis. c 1400 St. Alexius 398 Pelured wiþ Ermyne & wiþ grijs. 1460 Lybeaus Disc. 838 A velowet mantyll gay, Pelvred wyth grys and gray, Sche caste abowte her swyre. 1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 65 He may were scarlet and gryse. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccclxxxi. 640 They ar clothed in veluet and chamlet furred with grise. 1575 How Merchande dyd Wyfe betray 14 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 197 Gownys of grete pryce, Furryd with menyuere and with gryse. [1896 J. H. Wylie Hist. Hen. IV, III. 469 A red jacket, with cap furred with gris.] |
▪ II. † gris, a. Obs. rare.
In 4 gris, grys, grice, 6 gres, grece, greyce.
[a. F. gris (= Pr., Sp., Pg. gris, It. griso), a. OHG. grîs (in mod.G. greis) = OS. grîs (Du. grijs), of unknown origin; a derivative is med.L. grīseus, It. grigio.]
Grey.
| c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. 6 His hakeney, which þat was al pomely grys [v.r. gris, grice]. 1513 Douglas æneis Prol. 107 Sum grece [v.r. greyce, gres], sum gowlis, sum purpour. |
▪ III. gris
obs. form of grass.