Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grizzle"
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\, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.]
To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] `` Don't
sit grizzling there.'' --Charles Reade.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grizzle
n : a grey wig
v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: {sulk}, {brood}, {stew}]
2: complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {yammer}, {yawp}]
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