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”

grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis

(noun) powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

Grey-haired, greyish.

Misspelling of grisly.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.

Synonyms

• (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also elderly

Noun

grizzly (plural grizzlies)

A grizzly bear.

(US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

Etymology 2

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

Source: Wiktionary


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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