English Dictionary: grizzle | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for grizzle | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] [bd] Don't sit grizzling there.[b8] --Charles Reade. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. t. & i. To make or become grizzly, or grayish. Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children. --R. F. Burton. I found grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey. --Pall Mall Mag. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, 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. |