Definition of Grisled

1. a. See Grizzled.

Definition of Grisled

1. Adjective. (obsolete form of grizzled) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grisled

1. grey [adj] - See also: grey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisled

grischunite
grise
grised
grisely
griseofulvin
griseofulvins
griseous
grises
grisette
grisettes
griseus
grisgris
grising
griskin
griskins
grisled (current term)
grislier
grisliest
grisliness
grislinesses
grisly
grism
grison
grisons
grissino
grist
grist for the mill
grist mill
grist mills
grist to the mill

Literary usage of Grisled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"Ans.—I kild one, two months agoe; one I kild was white, another grisled, & I kild one sow shote, of a year and a half ould that this piece is of; ..."

2. A Commentary on the Vision of Zechariah, the Prophet: With a Corrected by John Stonard (1824)
"And the grisled ones went forth to the 7. land of the south. And the dark brown ones went forth and sought to go, to go to and fro through the earth. ..."

3. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"6 The black horses which are therein go forth into ' the north country ; and the white go forth after them ; and the grisled go forth toward the south ..."

4. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"Sc. caniceps; pale grey, grisled; back yellowish, beneath paler grey; tail long, grey, black varied, ringed, hair with three broad black bands ..."

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