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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
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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