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noun

Grizzly n. (pl. grizzlies)

(Zool.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.

pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. (Local, U. S.)

adjective

Grizzly adj. Somewhat gray; grizzled. "Old squirrels that turn grizzly."

Grizzly bear (Zool.), 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.

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Etymology of 'Grizzly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Grizzly" Quotes from Famous Books

... came off at Gretna, opposite the Fourth District, the long heralded fight between the famous grizzly bear, General Jackson (victor in fifty battles), and the Attakapas bull, ...

— Clotel; or, The President's Daughter • William Wells Brown

... years ago, before Stefansson reported on the blond Eskimos, the first Eskimo movie ever taken was shown in Toronto to a small audience who waited an hour for the film, which did not begin until a thick, grizzly man with shrewish, penetrating eyes came in with ...

— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino

... I would have made friends with a crippled grizzly bear that morning. But this fellow was a whole-souled prince. We forgot all about business, and the heavy grips that we lugged up to the hotel seemed light. All I remember further was that my friend—for he had now become that to me—and myself went out to hunt up a cup of coffee after we ...

— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson

... Grizzly Frontignan adds novelty to luxury in the list of indoor grapes. The fruits are mottled pink in color, deepening sometimes to a dark shade of pink, and are borne in long, slender clusters. The grapes ripen early and are ...

— Manual of American Grape-Growing • U. P. Hedrick

... fifteen feet in diameter, besides a great number of smaller ones. The average height of the Mariposa trees is less than that of the Calaveras, the highest Mariposa tree being 272 feet; but the average size of the Mariposa is greater than that of Calaveras. The "Grizzly Giant," in the lower grove, is 94 feet in circumference and 31 feet in diameter; it has been decreased by burning. Indeed, the forests at times present a somewhat unattractive appearance, as, in the past, the Indians, to help them in their hunting, ...

— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs

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