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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grizzle \Griz"zle\, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] `` Don't sit grizzling there.'' --Charles Reade. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grizzle n : a grey wig v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: {sulk}, {brood}, {stew}] 2: complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {yammer}, {yawp}]
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