grizzle
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a grey wig
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. t. & i. To make or become grizzly, or grayish. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children. --R. F. Burton. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey. --Pall Mall Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] "Don't sit grizzling there." --Charles Reade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]