gizzled

Updated: May 21, 2025

Above all, the Captain of the Forecastle, old Ushant a fine specimen of a sea sexagenarian wore a wide, spreading beard, gizzled and grey, that flowed over his breast and often became tangled and knotted with tar. This Ushant, in all weathers, was ever alert at his duty; intrepidly mounting the fore-yard in a gale, his long beard streaming like Neptune's.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War