grisly bear

English

Noun

grisly bear (plural grisly bears)

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of grizzly bear
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 226:

     When the Thompson Indians of British Columbia were about to hunt bears, they would sometimes address the animal and ask it to come and be shot. They prayed the grisly bear not to be angry with the hunter, nor to fight him, but rather to have pity on him and deliver himself up to his mercies.