Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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mizzly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective archaic Raining in very small drops; drizzling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Raining in very smalldrops .
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Examples
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I had a bed for them; and it proved dark, and a misly night, and very windy.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1667 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved dark, and a misly night, and very windy.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 49: January 1666-67 Samuel Pepys 1668
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I had a bed for them; and it proved dark, and a misly night, and very windy.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved dark, and a misly night, and very windy.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1666/67 Pepys, Samuel 1667
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