GRIZZLIER

GRIZZLY

grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired

(adjective) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; “whose beard with age is hoar”-Coleridge; “nodded his hoary head”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

grizzlier

comparative form of grizzly

Source: Wiktionary


GRIZZLY

Griz"zly, a.

Definition: Somewhat gray; grizzled. Old squirrels that turn grizzly. Bacon. Grizzly bear (Zoöl.), 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.

Griz"zly, n.; pl. Grizzlies (.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.

2. pl.

Definition: In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] Raymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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