Gri"sled (?), a. [Obs.] See Grizzled.
Gris"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. Sir
P. Sidney.
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. (Zoˆl.) See under Grizzly.
Gri"son (?), n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See
Gris.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae
(Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail.
Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton. (b) A
South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.
Gri"sons (?), n. pl. [F.] (Geog.) (a) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss
Alps. (b) sing. The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.