The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grisly bear
Grisly \Gris"ly\, a. [OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic,
gryslic, fr. gr?san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible,
OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E.
gruesome.]
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a
grisly specter. ``Grisly to behold.''
--Chaucer.
A man of grisly and stern gravity.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
Grisly bear. (Zo["o]l.) See under Grizzly.