grecingn.

/ˈɡriːsɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gresyng, 1500s greessing, gres(s)ing, griessing, 1600s gresin, grison, 1600s, 1800s dialect grissens.

Etymology: < grece n. + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

Chiefly plural. Steps in a flight; flights of steps; stairs. Rarely singular. A step; also, ? a flight of steps (quot. c1500). A flight of stone steps at Lincoln is called ‘The Grecian stairs’; the appellation (which is mentioned in 1724 by Stukeley Itin. Curios. i. 84) is probably a corruption of grecing. At York also a flight of steps called ‘The Grecian steps’ is said formerly to have existed.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun]

stairc1000

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pair, flight of stairs1556

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staircase1624

scalier1652

dancers1667

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stairway1767

apple(s) and pears1857

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > steps in a flight

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c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xx. 220 Thei maken ther of Grecynges & Pileres.

1448–9 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 10 Tymber for gresynges and Midelwalles to the seides howses perteynyng.

c1500 in G. Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. A. 24 The Father of Dyvinite shall sytt in the myddys of the Gresynge before the Hyghe Auter.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Uviii^v Ther is an other way to go doune, by gressinges.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2146/2 Making their prayers at the gresinges, they so proceded into the stalles.

1673 Yorks. Dial. 42 (E.D.S. No. 76) 112 Hee stack his Schackfork up i' th' Esins, An' tuke his Jerkin of o' th' Gresins.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 22 In Norfolk they call them Grissens.

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 380 Grissons, the stairs, or stair-case.

1847–89 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Greesings..Still in use, pronounced grissens.

figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles Pref. sig. A2 Some..who..should not have been permitted, so much as to step over the threshold of Gods house, were notwithstanding advanced to the highest grison of Church Dignities?1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 118 An abomination whose every grison and step should we climbe, we shall not be able in the hole Repertory of Fame to finde its parallel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	grecing
释义	grecingn. /ˈɡriːsɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gresyng, 1500s greessing, gres(s)ing, griessing, 1600s gresin, grison, 1600s, 1800s dialect grissens. Etymology: < grece n. + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete exc. dialect. Chiefly plural. Steps in a flight; flights of steps; stairs. Rarely singular. A step; also, ? a flight of steps (quot. c1500). A flight of stone steps at Lincoln is called ‘The Grecian stairs’; the appellation (which is mentioned in 1724 by Stukeley Itin. Curios. i. 84) is probably a corruption of grecing. At York also a flight of steps called ‘The Grecian steps’ is said formerly to have existed. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] stairc1000 grece1382 grecingc1400 pairc1450 slip1480 pair, flight of stairs1556 scale1592 staircase1624 scalier1652 dancers1667 flight1703 stairway1767 apple(s) and pears1857 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > steps in a flight greces1380 grecingc1400 stepping1608 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xx. 220 Thei maken ther of Grecynges & Pileres. 1448–9 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 10 Tymber for gresynges and Midelwalles to the seides howses perteynyng. c1500 in G. Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. A. 24 The Father of Dyvinite shall sytt in the myddys of the Gresynge before the Hyghe Auter. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Uviii^v Ther is an other way to go doune, by gressinges. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2146/2 Making their prayers at the gresinges, they so proceded into the stalles. 1673 Yorks. Dial. 42 (E.D.S. No. 76) 112 Hee stack his Schackfork up i' th' Esins, An' tuke his Jerkin of o' th' Gresins. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 22 In Norfolk they call them Grissens. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 380 Grissons, the stairs, or stair-case. 1847–89 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Greesings..Still in use, pronounced grissens. figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles Pref. sig. A2 Some..who..should not have been permitted, so much as to step over the threshold of Gods house, were notwithstanding advanced to the highest grison of Church Dignities?1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 118 An abomination whose every grison and step should we climbe, we shall not be able in the hole Repertory of Fame to finde its parallel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
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