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单词 grison
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grisonn.1

Etymology: < French grison, < gris grey.
Obsolete.
1. grison stone n. (= French peirre de grison): a kind of freestone.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > freestone or building stone
Caen-stone1421
french peirec1620
Portland stone1633
grison stone1653
hazle1794
roach1911
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxix. 193 Riflandouille or pudding-plunderer, who was armed cap-a-pe with grison stones.
2. ‘A servant without livery, dressed in grey, for secret errands’ (Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > who runs errands > secretly
grisona1692
a1692 T. Shadwell Volunteers (1693) 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

grisonn.2

/ˈɡrɪzən/
Etymology: < French grison; apparently the same word as grison n.1 and grison adj. (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.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > other types of
water-cat1756
grison1796
mariput1828
tayra1854
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. 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).
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 485/1 The Grison, Gulo vittatus of Desmarest..and Galictis vittata of Bell.
1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 397.
2. A South American monkey (see quot. 1840).
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > miscellaneous types of
grison1840
uakari1863
Satan monkey1881
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

grisonadj.

Forms: In Middle English gresone.
Etymology: < French grison, < gris grey.
Obsolete.
Grey.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective]
greyeOE
grisc1386
grizzlec1425
grison1438
kennet-colour1530
grisy1590
grizzly1594
grisard1607
1438 Alexander the Great (Bannatyne) 115 With lyart berd and hare gresone.
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