Griz"e*lin (grz"*ln), a. See Gridelin.
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.
Griz"zled (?), a. Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a
mixed white and black.
Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks.
Sir W. Scott.
Griz"zly (?), a. Somewhat gray; grizzled.
Old squirrels that turn grizzly.
Bacon.
Grizzly bear (Zoˆl.), 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.
Griz"zly, n.; pl. Grizzlies (&?;). 1. (Zoˆl.) A grizzly bear. See under
Grizzly, a.
2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large
stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] Raymond.
Groan (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Groaning.]
[OE. gronen, granen, granien, AS. gr&?;nian, fr. the root of grennian
to grin. √35. See 2d Grin, and cf. Grunt.] 1. To give forth a
low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in
sorrow, or in derision; to moan.
For we . . . do groan, being burdened.