Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GRIS'LY
GRIS'LY, a. [s as z. Sax. grislic; G. grass, grässlich and graus; W. ecrys, dire, shocking, that causes to start, from rhys, a rushing; Sax. agrisan, to shudder.]
Frightful; horrible; terrible; as, grisly locks; a grisly countenance; a grisly face; a grisly specter; a grisly bear. Shak. Milton. Dryden.
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