[syn: drizzle, mizzle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mizzle \Miz"zle\, n.
Mist; fine rain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mizzle \Miz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mizzled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mizzling.] [See Misle, and cf. Mistle.]
1. To rain in very fine drops; to drizzle. --Spenser.
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2. To take one's self off; to go. [Slang]
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As long as George the Fourth could reign, he
reigned,
And then he mizzled. --Epigram,
quoted by
Wright.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mizzle
n 1: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
[syn: drizzle, mizzle]
v 1: rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be
pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle]