Lexicographical Neighbors of Greesings
Literary usage of Greesings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Lane. Sketches: Cottage of Tim Bobbin, p. 50. GREESE, sb. stairs, steps; also a
little brow, an ascent. Latimer has " greesings," meaning steps. ..."
2. Sermons by Hugh Latimer (1906)
"It is no time now to shew any miracles : there is another way to go down by
greesings. Thus he did shew us an example, that we must not tempt God, ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"To clutch. Devon. (2) ». A bunch. Somerset. GREES, s. (A.-N.) Steps ; stairs ; «
staircase. greesings, ». Steps. GREET, (1) ». A kind of rough freestone. ..."
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