GRISLY.
433
obs.
c 1320 R.
grysly ye,
ff.
:
;
=,
gryssly, 6 gryslie, greislie, greizlie, griesely,
-lie, gryesly, 5-7 greisly, 6-7 grislie, grizely.
6-9 griesly, 8-9 grizly, grizzly ,, 4 grisly. [Late
QYt.grislic; ultimately f. gris- \vk. rootofGBTSEZ'.
+ -//V, -LY 1 but the history is unknown.
!
U. MI)u.
-LY*.
i
;
a
1225 Juliana. 69 Te balefule beast
fen[g] on to
gristbentien grisliche up o bis meoke meiden.
1297 R. GLOUC.
iRollsi 574 His ax .. so grisliche he ssoc & vaste, pat be
king kwakede & is men. a 1300 Cursor M. 16182 Cott.^,
I hope bat bai sal
bath grisly bi-for him quake.
1387
TKKVISA Higden (Rolls) I. 81 Satyri
grisliche and wonderliche i-schape. ('1394 /'. /'. Crcdc 585 Swiche a gome
c 1400 Yivainc -\ Gau\
godes wordes grysliche gloseb.
c 1400 Mclayne
3843 The thoner grisely gan out-brest.
MOKE
1252 Grisely gronande. 1529
Dyal. \. 20 a/2 She ..
was there
in face eyene loke
countenaunce so grysely
l
chaunged
y yt was a terryble syght to behold. 1563
BECOX dig ties of Kane 245 There is nothing in al this
world y* a Christen man or woman ought so griselich to
dread, as for to falle into sinne.
1638-48 G. DANIEL Eclog.
ii. i The North lookes grisly blacke.
1663 HULLOKAR, Grisly^
abominably, gastly, fearfully. 1868 BROWNING Ring $ Ilk.
viii. 1714 Lxsa, gashed griesly, tam cnorntiter.
.
;
.
.
ings as are associated with thoughts of death and
the other world ', spectral appearances, and the
like.
In mod. use tending to a weaker sense
Causing uncanny or unpleasant feelings ; of for:
;
Prasti
c 1200 I 7ices
(1889) III. 175 peer inn code an grislie deoful.
l'irttt?s(i8BB) 19 Eifulle dieulen,6e bie3 swa lacMiche and
izoo OKMIN 3842 pohh batt he
grislich an to lokin.
grissli^ deofell seo.
CI2O5 LAV. 28063 per ich isah gripes
a 1225 A>ic>: J\. uS Hledinde mon
grisliche fu;eles.
is grislich
atelich ine monnes eihsihfte.
^1350 //V//.
Palerne 4935 Ac he ha> sent 3011 to socoure so grissificlie
an host.
1386 CHAUCER Monk's T. 119 He slow the grisly
boor.
Frankl. T. 131 The grisly Rokkes blake. 1393
LANGL. P. PI. C. xxi. 479 May no grysliche gost glyde bt-r
<
i
othir
t
Ugly-
dial.
[it 1300 Cursor M. 23620 pir sal be fair and dughti bath,
pai sal be grisli and lath.] 1674-91 RAY A". C. li 'era's 32
Grisly, ugly: from Grize, Swine. 1684 Yorkesh. Dial. 216
in Specim. Eng. Dial. 159, I wad this grisely Cat was
hang'd, for me. 1684 J. LACY Sir H. Bujffoon n. iii. Dram.
Wks.
that
(1875) 240
is sa.
1788
Ah.thou'san
ill-favoured grizely-like fellow,
W. MARSHALL
ugly in the extreme.
1 3. Full of fear, inspired
fiar, dreat? Obs.
.
Yorksh.
by
fear.
II.
333 Grizely..
Also qualifying
CHRYSOLITE.
I.
44 Indian-Gems, particuStones 109 Gri-
[a. F. grisou. i.gris grey.]
F. pierre de grison-j
a kind
Ofis.
A-/V.I
Grison stone
=
(
:
1653 UKQUHAKT Rabelais n. xxix, Riflandouille or pudding-plunderer, who was armed iap-a-pc with grihon stones.
'A
2.
servant without livery, dressed
for secret errands'
j
in
grey,
1693 SHADWKLL l''olnntfers \\. i. 14, I think I must keep a
Secretary, I keep Grisons {printed Grifons] fellows out of
Livery, privately for nothing, but to carry Answers.
Grison
(gri-zan),
same word
as prec.
sl>.~
[a/F. grison app. the
and next. (Both animals are
;
1.
carnivorous quadruped of South America,
Galictis viftafa belonging to the family j\htstclid:^
and thus allied to the glutton and marten.
1796 STEDMAN Surinam II. xvii. 41 That animal mentioned
by Mr. Allemand, in the Count de Buffon. .which he there
calls the grison or grey-weazel. If this be the same animal
fas I doubt not, and have therefore given it the name of the
crabbo-dago or grison}. 1838 Penny Cycl. XL 485/1 The
Grison, Gnlo I'ittatns of L^esmarest .. and Galictis inttatu
of Bell.
1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 397.
2.
South American monkey (see quot.).
tr.
Curler's Anim. Kingd. (1849) 61 1'he Caparo ..
1840
and the Grison (Lagothrlx caniis Geof. Gastromargas
infinnatus Spix.) Inhabitants of the interior of South
America, said to be remarkable gluttons.
t
t
A
;
t Grison,
grison,
1438
f.
a.
Obs.
In 5 gresone.
F.
[a.
gris grey.]
Grey.
the Great (Bannatyne) 115 With lyart
A lc. ran ifer
herd and hare gresone.
Grison, obs. form of
GRECING,
stairs.
of GRIP and
grasp, to grope.
Chaucer's Wks. (1561) 372
Upon the corps with a mortall face He fel atones, and gan
it to embrace Sore
togrispe, and agein vpsterte. 1532 MORI-;
Confut. Tiiuiali- Wks. 553/1 He grisped and longe felt
tGlisp,
intr.
LVDG. Thebes
about here
&
[A mixture
Obs.
v.
GRASP zw.]
c 1420
Forms:
Obs.
'
i
grist- (in com!).:
1
OHG.
(j.griesgramen to sulk), MH(*. grisgraw
gnashing of teeth 'G. griesgram peevishness, pee-
gramen
;
vish person, also as adj.).
It i difficult, in spite of
the resemblance of sense (cf. * to^/7rfihc teeth'), to
connect the word etymologically with (>HIND v.
it may be
cognate with OE. gryrran, georran,
L. hirrn-c to snarl, or be purely onumatoj n-ic.J
Gnashing of teeth hence, anger.
(-1000 A%s. Gloss, in Uaupfs Zcztschr. 1185^1 IX. 513
Gyrst. strtdor.
13.. E. E. A Hit. /'. A. 465 py heued hatz
nruiber greme ne gryste.
Grist yrist -*sb.- Forms: i grist, 5-7 griste,
gryste, ?6 -SV. girst, 6-ygr e est, greist, 7 griest,
<S
OTcnt. type
griss, 5- grist.
[OE. grist
The
*xrin$(n- (J -to-, -//), I- *grind- GRIND v.
;
;
:
vowel was shortened
/M
1
1.
I
ME.
as in fist from
OK.
he action of grinding; an act or spell of
Ohs.
grinding.
1000 /KLI-RIC
c
in
in
(7/cj',v.
Wr.AViilcker 141/3 Afoliinnt,
1676 \\"OKCyder ('1691)
[mills] are so large that they
grind half a hogshead at a grist.
1
2. Corn which is to bu ground; also (with//.
(-1050 I\H-. ibid. 448/16 Molitura, grist.
grist.
96 Some
i.iixii-:
)
a batch of such corn.
1430 [see bj.
1483 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 136 That all
).
U-.M- nf the Cite
grynd att the Cite-is inyilis,. ;i> l-)!i^
;is tht:y niuy liavc vutliciannt ^r.~t.
1568 in \V. H. Turner
( '.r/ ">?v/
A'<-Av/. /\(125 Kvery of trie said bilkers and
brewers .. shall forfaite their griste and wheate ni.'ilte MJ
<
1
.
(
.
.
.
(
1589 K. HARVKV J'l. Pcrc. '1590' 3 Thy late
Customers, .haue brought greists to be ground. 1613-16
W. HKOVVSK I-irit. Fast. n. i, As a miller having ground his
grist.
1670 C. H. Hist. Cardinal* in. in. 297 The new
Gabels, impos'd upon Grist, Wine
Aqua-vitae.
1744-50
W. Ki.i.is Mod. ffn$bandm. VI. in. 77 A griss of wheat to
be .sent to the mill. 1862 Q. Rev. Apr. 286 The grist which
grounde.
.
.
served out too damp for the miller. 1865 Morn.
They can purchase grists of their employer-,
per bushel under the market price of best \vhe;it.
1896 1,. AHHU-IT Chr. ,y Soc. rrobleins iii. 87 His waturconrse-. grind our grist for us.
IKIS IR-CII
Star
at
13 Jan.,
is.
b. Proverbial and _/?;**.
1430
<
Hymns
Oon wolde
I'irg. 44
us at lianie,
riflee
And
cure gryst. ]hid. 74 J?ou3 Jjun deyt,
be myste \>o\\ combrest boje foo & fre tide,
l:i<te gri-te,
pi mylle haj> grounde
1598 T. I!ASIAKH
Cfoestoleros (1882! 96 When pride like polling miller sits
vpon, The bated gryst of pcore religion. 1623 KI.I-. ICHKU
& ROVVI.KV Maid in Mill y. ii, Shall the sayles of my love
stand still? Shall the grists of my hopes be ungromul?
iv b, They have put you
1641 .SY.MONDS AV>v;/. Ho. Contm.
to grinde their grist. 1674 Cant den's Ren;., j-'ravgrfi 11870)
334 The Horse that is next the Mill carries all the Grist.
1740 K. HAYXAKD Health led. 6) 29 This grinds life's grist,
i8zo SCOTT Monast. xili, Ye might
yet titkt-s small tole.
have bad other grist to grind. 1840 Hoon Kilmansczz,
J-'ancy Hall xxxiii. Ho\v little of praise or gri>t would have
come To a mill with .such a hopper
1880 WEBB Goethe s
Faitst n. iv, Gratis lie never grinds your grist.
C. Phrases.
To bring grist to the (ones'] mill'.
to bring business to one's hands ; to be a source
\>VL
flour out of
\>ou schalt not
;
\>'\
D
A
.
st>.
see GRIST-BITING), gyrst, 4 gryste.
[OK. gristgyrsty cogn, w. OS. grist- in gristgrintino gnashing
of teeth; cf.
grisgrimmdn, grisgramon to
gnash the teeth $&.\\(j.grisgitttnten,-gt'atnen t grust-
gad ere
(Hatz.-Darm.).
grey.)]
;
2.
of Gems
.
of freestone.
.
n
Grison,
1.
coffee-shop,
i. (1893) 25
The ground, .teeming with the
tangible memories of grisly conflict. 1892 E. GOSSE Seer.
Narcisse i.
His griesly imagination and adroit hand as a
modeller.
obs. variant of
1672 KOYLK I'irtttfs
i
Stud. Recluse
.
Grisolet,
!
.
GRISTLY,
Grisly,
and *M
t Gri'Siiess. Obs, Also 4 grise-, 5 grysnesse.
GKISE a. + -NESS.] Terror, horror, dread.
[f.
(Tollem. MS.', The
1398 TREVISA Karth. DC P. R. VIM.
a,
larly Grisolets.
[1750 tr. Leottardtts Alirr.
soletus, is the same as the Crisolete.]
.
c 1*75 Serving Christ 28 in ('. E, Misc. 91 per is gronynge
and grure and gryslich gle. a 1300 Cursor M. 18053 (Gott.)
For \>a.t farli sons war bai fus, And ran haim til |>e apostlis
a.1385 CHAUCER L. G.
hus, All carpand of J?at grisli crack,
IV. 1219 Dt\/f>, The thundyr rorede with a gresely steuene.
Sir
Beues
He
keste vp a gret yell
+
14..
2733 9 (MS. M.)
That was grissely^e as a thonder. 1552 LYNDESAY Slonarche
with
Gretand
5545
mony gryslie grone. 1576 FLEMING
Punopl. Epist. Epit. Aivb, /Etnaes
grieslie thundering.
(t
SIDNEY
Arcadia
\\. (1590,) 165 b, With Dayly Diligence
1586
and Grisly Grones, he wan her affection.
c. of actions, occurrences, conditions
also arch.
of threats, imprecations, etc.
6-1100 Trin. Coll. Horn. 5 pat lo'Seliche word and ateliche
and grisliche..//^ inaUtUcti in ignetn eternuin.
[11240
Lofsong in Catt. Horn. 209 Mine sunnen |>at ateliche beo5
and grisliche i bine eih sihSe.) 1297 R. GI.OUC. (Rolls) 11745
Grisloker weder Jjan it was ne mj^te anerj?e be.
1340
Ayenb. 49 Vor asemoche ase be zenne is more uoul and
more grislich, be more is worj? be ssrifte. c 1375 -\'f Pains
of Ifell 33 in O. E. Misc. 211 Gret snow, gret yse, gret cold
c 1385 CHAUCER L. G. W. 2238 Philomela^ So
gresle.
gresely was his dede. That wfen that I his foule storye
c 1386
l^ard.
rede, Mynne eyen wexe foule it sore also,
7*. 380 Many a grisly ooth thanne han thay sworn, And
Cristes blessed body thay to-rente.
14.. Pol. Rel. ff L.
Poems 240 Godes grisliche dom. 1494 FABYAX Ckron. I.
ccxxxii. 11533' 1 58 b, Gresely & cruel fyghte.
1583 STANVHURST s&tieis in. (Arb.) 71, I viewd with wundring a grisly
monsterus hazard. 1596 H. CI.APHAM Brief? Bible i. 58 No
marnell, if so greislie a fall, put him from that sacred figuring Seate. i85 SCOTT Woodst. ii, Grisly oaths suit ill
with grey beards. 1850 HAWTHOKNE Scarlet L. xii. (1870)
171 The like grisly sense of the humorous again stole m
among the solemn phantoms of his thought. 1892 JESSOPP
GRIZZLY
of
i.
that durste norishe it but the modre, for it was
so grysly to syght.
1513 DOUGLAS &neis \\. iv. 4 Ane
hiddouis hole, deip gapand and grisly. 1551 ROBINSON
tr. Mores Utopia \. (Arb.) 53 A man of grislie and sterne
grauitte.
1579 SPENSER S/tcfift. Cat. Nov. 55 Vp grieslie
hostes.
F. Q. \. v. 20 Griesly night, with visage
1590
eadly sad.
1607 HIKROS U'ks. I. 220 The griesly and
ghastly countenance of approching death. 1629 MILTON
Nativity 209 In vain with cymbals' ring They call the
grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue.
1684
EARL ROSCOMMON Ess. Transl. Verse 157 The Greisly
Ferry-man of Hell. 1697 DRYDEN I'irg. Gcorg. iv. 145
Like their grisly Prince appears his gloomy Race. 1788
W. BLASE Hunt. Excttrs. 15 Our grisly enemy [an elephant] was overpowered by the number of bullets. 1807
WORDSW. White Doe i- 244 Look down, and see a griesly
vault where the bodies are buried upright
sight ;
1841
W. SPALDING Italy fy ft. /si. II. 198 Minos, transformed
the
Florentine
by
poet . into a strange and grisly shape.
Dynamiter 132 The grisly shelter of a
fb. of sounds. Obs.
form
is a place of trespas and of gilte
of grisnes^e [<v/.
H'id. MV. li, Londe of
1535 ferefulnes] and of schame.
and
of
[ctf.
wastynge
grisenesse
1535 horrour].
1422 tr.
Secreta Secret., /V/V-. /V/r-. (E. E. T. S.) 153 Nero be-hehle
his chylde, and grysnesse therof hadd, and hym merwtlid
of Suche an shape.
women
A
.
worlde
&
Merlin 15 Ther was none
.
&
.
obs.
^
1-1450
.
R
'
shadeweb.
.
.
.
;
hit
grisliken]
<-
I
Perh. aphetized from OE. o>igrisli\\ *twgrist:nlic implied
in the adv. ongrysenlfce), (. pa. pple. of *oitffrsatt t synonymous with dgrisan AGRISK r. Cf. the continental Teut.
synonyms MDu.^TYcr/f/c (from the weak form of the roof,
grisclijc, mod.Du. grijzelijk (from tlie str. form) ; the quantity of the root-vowel in MHG. grisenlick is uncertain.)
1. Causing horror, terror, or extreme fear horrible
or terrible to behold or to hear causing such feel-
swo
MLG.
griselike,
Horribly, terribly; grimly; so as to inspire terror.
1200 Trin. Call. Honi. 61 Gri^liche he us mid orde pilled.
1
t Grist,
'
!
,
bidding appearance grim, ghastly.
a. of visible objects, their qualities, etc.
a 1150 Passto B. Margarets in Grein BiH. Angels.
GRIST.
HRLNNI: Mcdit. 101 Kche loked on ouber with
And seyd, lorde wheber hyt be y?' 6-1386
CHAUCER Pars. T. p 103 Grisly drede that euere shal laste.
c 1400 St. Jeri'inics 15 Tokens (K, E. T. S.) 33 Alias
hou
schull we ban ouercome bilk griselich fere, Whan vche seint
schal aferde be cure lord crist to see bere? 1698 FRYKK
Ace. E. India <$ P. 23 Which made the Males leap out of
their Cabins with the same grisly Look as if going to give
up their last Accounts.
Gri'sly, adv. Obs. exc. arch. [f. as prec. +
GHISLY.
compar.
Grisly ;,grrzli),<z. Now only arch* and literary.
Forms 2 grislie, 2 5 grislich, -lych, (3-4 comp.
grisloker, -luker 3-5gryslich, -lych, 4~5griselich'^e, gryselich(e, -lyche, -ly, (4 grissiliche,
grisli k, greselicht
3 Orm. grisslij, 3 gresle,
4 greesly, 4-5 gresely (e, gresli, 5 gresly.
griss^e)ly(e, 4-6 grysely e, 4-7 grysly, grysle.
Grialoker, -luker,
To
in.
in
ther in the darke.
Grispatien, obs. form
t Gri'Sping, vbl. sbl
of GRISTBITE.
Obs.
[Contracted form
of GRISTBITING.]
Gnashing the teeth.
E.
E.
A
Hit. P. B, 159 Depein my doungoun ber doel
13..
euer dwelle/, Greuing, & gretyng, & gryspyng harde of tebe.
t Gri-sping, vbL sb? Obs. [Cf. GRASP sk. 4,
GROPSING and
dial, grapslin.']
Twilight (morning
or evening).
1580 LVLY Enphnes iArb.) 233 In the grisping of the
euening. 1581 H. GoLDWKLL Brief Decl. Skews, De-i'iccs,
etc.
B^v, Rising according to his maner to walke in the
mosse in the grisping of the day.
Griss e, obs. form of GRASS.
'
Grissel(l, obs.
ff.
GRISTLE, GRIZEL, GRIZZLE.
-lly, obs. forms of GRISLY, GRISTLY.
dial, form of GRECING, stairs.
Grissely(e,
Grissens,
Grissergan,
variant of
GRITHSERGEANT
Grisset, obs. form of GRISETTE.
Grissiliche, obs. form of GRISLY.
Gris8il(l, obs. form of GRIZEL.
Grissle, obs. form of GRISTLE.
Grissli3, grissly f obs. forms of GRISLY.
Obs.
!
of profit or
to his mill:
advantage.
AH
is
grist that
comes
he turns everything to account.
1583 Gor.Dixc Calrin on Dent, cxxiii. 7^5 There Is no
lykefihoode that those thlnges will bring gryst to the mill.
1664 H. MORI: Myst. Iniq. xx. 77 Such superstitious MHmixes as the^-e will indeed bring grist to the mill in plenty
for them that infuse them into the heads of the people.
1726 AVI ii'i i. r,irtr0u 210 The Computation of Degrees
in
Matrimonial Causes . brings grist to the Mill by way
of Dispensations.
1770 FOOTK Lattie Lover \. Wks. 1799
II. 68 Well, let them go on, it brings grist to our mill. 1818
BYRON To Murray 25 Mar. v, Sermons to thy milt bring
grist. 1838 DICKKNS .\ic/i. Xick.\\\\v, Meantime the fools
bring grist to my mill, so let them live out their day. 1885
Harper's Mag. Feb. 397/1 It is all grist that comes to her
.
.
.
mill.
A lot *, number, or quantity (of).
HAUBURTOX Clockm. Ser. m. xviii, Some smart
U. S.
d.
1840
'
has fell. 1848 J. F. COOPER Bec-hitntcr I. iii.
80 There's an onaccountable gri.st on 'em [bees].
1851
Traits Aincr. /////<>/// I. xxvii. 305, I.. got pretty considerable soaked by a grist of rain.
grists of rain
Corn
that has been ground.
Mcrie Talcs in Skeltoris Wks. (1843) I. p. Ixvii,
seruaunt, hauynge hys gryste, went home [from the
126 Hoary cantles of unmill).
1623 CHAPMAN Juvenal
3.
c 1566
The
boulted grist, c 1640 GATAKF.K Man 235 (L.) The motion of
a winde-mill driven with the winde, that maketh grist no
longer than the winde bloweth upon it. 1700 TVRKEI.L
Hist. Eng. II. 808. A Farthing Loaf of the whole Grist.
The total gi ist
178^ t'owi-ER Task vi. 108 Swallowing
unsifted, husks and all.
1887 Kcntisk Gloss. Griit, anywhich
has
been
flour.
thing
ground meal,
4. Malt crushed or ground for brewing.
1822 I M ISDN Sci. fy Art II. 155 The water rises upwards
through the malt, or as it is called, the grist. 1836 Penny
Cycl. V. 403/2 Many brewers prefer a fine grist.
Ibid., A
circular sieve, called a separator, through which the grist
passes from the millstones. 1844 T. WEBSTER Encycl. Dow.
Ecott, 574 Grist, malt that has been ground for mashing.
5. attrih. and Comb., as grist-cart, \ -com,
grist-mill, a mill for
-grinding, -watertnill
grinding corn ; so grist-miller.
1893 AV7tv/rt/t*r Advt.) Wanted, Man to Milk.. and occa.
.
^
',