grège, adj., raw (of silk).
grégeois (-joâ), adj., only used in Feu —; Greek fire; wild fire.
grégorien, -ne (-in, -è-n), adj., Gregorian.
☉grègues (grèg), n.f., breeches. Tirer ses —s; to run away, to cut one’s sticks, to take to one’s heels.
grêle, n.m., highest note (of a horn).
grêle, n.f., hail, hail-storm; (of the eyelid), stye. Grain de —; hailstone. — de coups; shower of blows.
grêle, adj., slender, slim, lank; shrill. Des jambes —s; spindle legs. Voix —; shrill voice. Intestins —s; (anat.) small intestines.
grêlé, -e, part., ravaged by hail; pock-marked, pitted with small-pox. Cet homme a été —; that man has suffered great losses. Un homme —; a man pitted with small-pox.
grêler, v.imp., to hail. Il grêle; it hails.
grêler, v.a., to ravage by hail, to ruin.