Gree, n.; pl. Grees obs. plurals Greece Grice Grise, Grize etc.  A step.
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  Grice n.  A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]
  Grise n. See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]
  Grise n.  A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.]
  Every grise of fortune
  Is smoothed by that below.   --Shak.
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