mizzle

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mizzle - 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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  Mizzle \Miz"zle\, n.
     Mist; fine rain.
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mizzle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]