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Mizzle definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIZ'ZLE, v.i. To mistle. [See Mistle.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (mizzled; mizzling) Etymology: Middle English misellen; akin to Dutch dialect mizzelen to drizzle, Middle Dutch mist fog, mist Date: 15th century to rain in very fine drops ; drizzle • mizzle noun • mizzly adjective II. intransitive verb (mizzled; mizzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1781 chiefly British to depart suddenly

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v.intr. drizzle. Derivatives: mizzly adj. Etymology: ME, prob. f. LG miseln: cf. MDu. miezelen 2. v.intr. Brit. sl. run away; decamp. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mizzle Miz"zle, n. Mist; fine rain.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. [Written also Misle and Mistle.] Rain (in small drops), drizzle, mist.