Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Grise

A step. (See Grecian Stairs.)

“Which as a grise or step may help these lovers into your favour.”

Shakespeare: Othello i.3.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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