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. (Zoöl.) See under
Grizzly.