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grizzly

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Word definitions for grizzly in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grizzly \Griz"zly\, a. Somewhat gray; grizzled. Old squirrels that turn grizzly. --Bacon. Grizzly bear (Zo["o]l.), a large and ferocious bear ( Ursus horribilis ) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: gray , grey , gray-haired , grey-haired , gray-headed , grey-headed , hoar , hoary , white-haired ] [also: ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. The grounds of the ride are densely forested, with the intended thrills heightened from the illusion of inadequate clearance between the track and trees. The attraction opened in ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from grizzle "gray" (see grizzled ) + -y (2). Grizzly bear ( ursus horribilis ) is first recorded 1807 but belongs rather to grisly .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 grey-haired, greyish. 2 (misspelling of grisly English) [Listed by Merriam-Webster Unabridged as a legitimate variant spelling.] n. 1 A grizzly bear. 2 (context US dialect English) In hydraulic mine, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones ...

Usage examples of grizzly.

Bared teeth glistened in a face that looked like a cross between an Akita and a grizzly bear.

Juan had told him about the Californio bull and bear fights, a bull and a grizzly either chained together or put into a pit and aggravated until they turned on one another.

SHIP OF THE LINE receiving hails of congratulations and fair weather from dozens of spectator vessels, and even one from a grizzly tanker captain who swears he took a shot at the Enterprise-C once upon a time.

Grizzly Claw for my boots and guns, or what to do, when all to onst I remembered what Bill and Jim had said about a cave and a path running to it.

Reptilian directed his personal guard, and they sprinted toward Grizzly, never considering for a moment the futility of pitting their pikes against an automatic rifle.

Grizzly was slashing furiously, ducking and weaving to avoid the pikes, a smile on his face, as if he was thoroughly enjoying himself.

Sonny Boy, Grizzly, Skinhead, Popeye, Piano, and the others were camped far from the battlelines.

The young chief of the Skidi Pawnee had not changed much since the time he had dragged Luke out of the weed-choked ravine where he had fallen after being almost clawed to death by a grizzly.

The instant the grizzly bear beheld Dick Varley standing in his path, he rose on his hind legs and made a loud hissing noise, like a man breathing quick, but much harsher.

Libyan-Amazons of Diodorus--that is to say, the Libyans of the Iberian race--must be identified with the Libyans with brown and grizzly skin, of whom Brugsch has already pointed out the representations figured on the Egyptian monuments of the fourth dynasty.

Blade, Athena, and Grizzly, all wearing ill-fitting white parkas, followed.

Bruno and Origen and a long line of subsequent Realizers, to a grizzly death for both political and religious reasonsit was simultaneously a threat to the state and to the old religion.

Grizzly had explained to her the necessity of not antagonizing the Reptiloids, not if they wanted to acquire their trust.

Grizzly faced the charging Reptiloids, raised his arms above his head, and roared his defiant challenge.

Next to his Grizzlies, Sundance preferred the FN over any other weapon in the massive Family armory.