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▪ I. † grison, n.1 Obs.
[a. F. grison, f. gris grey.]
1. grison stone (= F. peirre de grison): a kind of freestone.
1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxix, Riflandouille or pudding-plunderer, who was armed cap-a-pe with grison stones.
2. ‘A servant without livery, dressed in grey, for secret errands’ (Hatz.-Darm.).
1693Shadwell Volunteers ii. i. 14, I think I must keep a Secretary, I keep Grisons [printed Grifons] Fellows out of Livery, privately for nothing, but to carry Answers.
▪ II. grison, n.2|ˈgrɪzən|
[a. F. grison; app. the same word as prec. and next. (Both animals are grey.)]
1. A carnivorous quadruped of South America, Galictis vittata, belonging to the family Mustelidæ, and thus allied to the glutton and marten.
1796Stedman Surinam II. xvii. 41 That animal mentioned by Mr. Allemand, in the Count de Buffon..which he there calls the grison or grey-weazel...If this be the same animal (as I doubt not, and have therefore given it the name of the crabbo-dago or grison). 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 485/1 The Grison, Gulo vittatus of Desmarest..and Galictis vittata of Bell. 1884Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 397.
2. A South American monkey (see quot.).
1840tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. (1849) 61 The Caparo..and the Grison (Lagothrix canus Geof.; Gastromargas infumatus Spix.)—Inhabitants of the interior of South America, said to be remarkable gluttons.
▪ III. † grison, a. Obs.
In 5 gresone.
[a. F. grison, f. gris grey.]
Grey.
1438Alexander the Great (Bannatyne) 115 With lyart berd and hare gresone.
▪ IV. grison
obs. form of grecing, stairs. |