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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower;
[syn: drizzle, mizzle]


VERB (1)

1. rain lightly;
- Example: "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"
[syn: drizzle, mizzle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mizzle \Miz"zle\, n. Mist; fine rain. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To take one's self off; to go. [Slang] [1913 Webster] As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. --Epigram, quoted by Wright. [1913 Webster]
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]