n. Same as 2d Grise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Gridelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ Etym. uncertain. ] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [ Prov. Eng. ] “Don't sit grizzling there.” Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See Gris, and cf. Grisaille. ] Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make or become grizzly, or grayish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children. R. F. Burton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a
grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey. Pall Mall Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat gray; grizzled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old squirrels that turn grizzly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grizzly bear (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Grizzlies 1. (Zool.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [ Local, U. S. ] Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]