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grizzle
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griz·zle1       [griz-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -zled, -zling, adjective, noun
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.to make or become gray or partly gray.
–adjective
2.gray; grayish; devoid of hue.
–noun
3.gray or partly gray hair.
4.a gray wig.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME grisel < OF, deriv. of gris gray < Gmc; see griseous]
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griz·zle2       [griz-uhl] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object), -zled, -zling. British.
1.to complain; whimper; whine.
2.to laugh or grin in mockery; sneer.
[Origin: 1740–50; orig. uncert.; cf. MHG grisgramen to gnash one's teeth, G Griesgram sourpuss]

—Related forms
grizzler, noun
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griz·zle       (grĭz'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
tr. & intr.v.   griz·zled, griz·zling, griz·zles
To make or become gray.

n.  
    1. The color of a grizzled animal.
    2. A grizzled animal.
  2. Archaic Gray hair.

adj.  
  1. Gray.
  2. Grizzled.


[From Middle English grisel, gray, from Old French, diminutive of gris, gray; see grisaille.]

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grizzle

noun
1. a grey wig 

verb
1. be in a huff; be silent or sullen 
2. complain whiningly [syn: whine] 

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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.

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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.

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Grizzle

Griz"zle\, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] " Don't sit grizzling there." --Charles Reade.

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