*grésiller, v.imp., to sleet, to patter, to crackle.

*grésiller, v.a., to shrivel, to shrivel up, to wrinkle, to chirp (of crickets).

gresserie (grè-srî), n.f., sandstone, grit, free-stone; stoneware; sandstone quarry.

grève, n.f., strand; Grève (a square at Paris, where capital punishments formerly took place); strike of workmen. Faire or se mettre en —; to strike, to go out on strike (of workmen). En —; on strike.

grevé, n.m., (jur.) heir of entail.

grever, v.a., to wrong, to injure; to burden; to encumber (with debt, etc.). Un pays grevé d’impôts; a country burdened with taxes. Terre grevée d’hypothèques; estate encumbered with mortgages. Terre non grevée; unencumbered estate.

grianneau, n.m., young heath-cock; young grouse.

griblette, n.f., (cook.) hash of broiled meat.

*gribouillage, n.m., scrawl; daub (paint.).