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gri⋅saille

  [gri-zahy, -zeyl; Fr. gree-zah-yuh ]
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–noun, plural -sailles  [-zahyz, -zeylz; Fr. -zah-yuh ] for 2.
1. monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
2. a work of art, as a painting or stained-glass window, executed in grisaille.
Origin:
1840–50; < F: painted in gray monotone, equiv. to gris gray + -aille n. suffix
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gri·saille   (grĭ-zī', -zāl')   
n.  
  1. A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray, used especially for the representation of relief sculpture.
  2. A painting or design in this style.
    1. Vitrifiable glass paint.
    2. A lacy pattern painted on light glass with vitrifiable paint and fired.

[French, from gris, gray, from Old French, from Frankish *grīs.]
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Grisaille

Gri"saille`\, n. [F., from gris gray.]

1. (Fine Arts) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.

2. A kind of French fancy dress goods. --Knight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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