What does grisly bear mean?

grisly bear

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

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"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."

grisly bears (plural)

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