DCHP-2

grizzly [< grizzle gray + -ly] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a large and, often, ferocious bear, Ursus horribilis, nowadays largely confined to the northern Rockies.

  See also: grizzly bear  

• 2 n.

  the meat of the grizzly bear.

• 3a † n. — Placer Mining

  See 1966 quote.

• 3b † n. — Placer Mining

  See grizzly head quote.

  See also: grizzly head  

• 4 † n. — Hardrock Mining

  a screening device, usually a grid, of steel bars on which ore or rock is broken by means of a sledge hammer.