GREY, GREYISH
ADJECTIVES
► ASH-GREY grey as ashes → 1849 Sc.
► BICE brownish grey, dark grey → 1330 obs.
► CANOUS grey, hoary → 1513 obs.
► FAUCHIE ► FEACHY pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour → 1911 Sc. obs.
► GRIS grey → 1386 obs.
► GRISARD greyish → 1607 obs.
► GRISEL ► GRISSEL ► GRIZZLE of a grey colour → 1425
► GRISEOUS grey → 1819
► GRISON grey → 1438 obs.
► GRISY grey, grizzled → 1590 obs.
► GRIZZLISH greyish → 1680 obs.
► GRIZZLY grey, greyish; grey-haired → 1594
► GROY grey with age, hoary-headed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRYSANDE greyish → a1400 Sc. obs.
► ISET of a bluish-grey colour → 1897 Sc.
► ISET-GRAY of a bluish-grey colour → 1897 Sc.
► KENNET-COLOUR grey-coloured → 1530 obs.
► MUCKLE-DUN of a muddy grey or brown colour; of a nondescript colour → 1916 Amer. dial.
► NIGHT AND DAY grey → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► OOMSKIT dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour → 1866 Sc.
► PARSON-GREY dark grey → 1828 Sc.
NOUNS
► ELEPHANT’S BREATH a shade of colour, light steel grey → 1884
► GRISSEL ► GRIZZLEthe colour grey → 1611
► JUMBO a trade name of a shade of grey, like that of an elephant → 1882
► PARSON GRAY a dark shade of grey, charcoal grey → 1821 Sc.
► QUAKER-COLOUR a drab or grey colour → 1818
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