mizzle

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  1. intransitive verb To rain in fine, mistlike droplets; drizzle.
  2. noun A mistlike rain; a drizzle.
  3. intransitive verb Chiefly British Slang To make a sudden departure.

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  • The weather is still muggy as a London May—mist, mizzle, the air replete with Scotticisms, which, though fine in the descriptions of Ossian, are somewhat tiresome in real, prosaic perspective. —  Life of Lord Byron, With His Letters And Journals, Vol. 5
  • Glass Bees shizzle, ma mizzle. about bavatuesdays. com is an ongoing conversation about media of all kinds —  bavatuesdays
  • I think back to my youth when i idolized you, i'm extremely dissapointed. mizzle Wednesday, Apr 15 at 3: 00 PM —  NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - News Top Stories
  • Start Yes, start--mizzle--clear out!" —  Frank Among The Rancheros
  • You may 'slope' if you like Eh, Sir Slope, mizzle, cut your stick; don't you understand. —  Mistress and Maid
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  1. Middle English misellen; probably akin to Dutch dialectal mieselen; see meigh- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. Formerly also misle, misel, mistle; from Middle English miselen, misellen, *mistelen, freq. of misten, mist: see mist, v.
  2. from mizzle, v.
  3. Formerly also mizzel; origin obscure.
 

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