Grese
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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(pl)
Grese
steps—in turn used as a sing. and spelt Greece, Greese, Griece, Grize, a flight of steps, a staircase, a degree (Grees′ing, Gres′sing, and even Grē′cian are obs. forms)
Etymology
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary O. Fr. gre—L. gradus. See Grade.
Usage in literature
And he went down upon greses, and came nigh the tomb. "Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)" by
Sir George Greselies, Kt. "The Anatomy of Melancholy" by