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