Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of greese.
  • noun A Middle English form of grease.

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Examples

  • Nym rys and lese hem and wasch hem clene and do thereto god almande mylk and seth hem tyl they al to brest and than lat hem kele and nym the lyre of the hennyn or of capouns and grynd hem smal kest therto wite grese and boyle it Nym blanchyd almandys and safroun and set hem above in the dysche and serve yt forthe.

    The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750

  • & the weght of it synketh downwarde in to {th} e fat & grese/& sodenly

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • The flesshe of the yonge he {n} ne or she haue layde/is better than of the olde he {n} ne/also the grese of the cheken is moche hoter than of the he {n} ne.”

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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