Grïs, n.

noun

(grees), n. [O. Fr., Pr., & Sp. gris, from Fr., Pr., & Sp. gris, It. griso, grigio, gray, from O. Sax. & M. H. Ger. gris, vanus; N. H. Ger. greis, L. Lat. griseus, grisius. Cf. Ger. grauwerk, i. e. gray-work, the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel.] A costly kind of fur. [Obs.] Chaucer.