GRILLY
Gril"ly, v. t. Etym: [See Grill, v. t.]
Defn: To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. [Obs.] Hudibras.
GRILSE
Grilse, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
GRIM
Grim, a. [Compar. Grimmer (-mer); superl. Grimmest (.] Etym: [AS.
grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv. to G. & D. grimmig, Dan. grim, grum,
Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj., hostile; cf. Gr.
Defn: Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly;
cruel; frightful; horrible.
Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. Shak
.
The ridges of grim war. Milton.
Syn.— Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible; frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen; sour.
GRIMACE Gri*mace", n. Etym: [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr mask, specter, Ical. gr mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.]
Defn: A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. Moving his face into such a hideons grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. Addison.
Note: "Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's "Marriage a-la-Mode," as innovations in our language, are now in common usa: chagrin, double—entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." I. Disraeli.