Mizzle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mizzle \Miz"zle\, n.
     Mist; fine rain.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mizzle
       n : very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
           [syn: {drizzle}]
       v : rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be
           pleasant" [syn: {drizzle}]