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Webster 1913 Edition

Drizzle

Driz′zle

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drizzled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drizzling
.]
[Prop. freq. of AS.
dreósan
to fall. See
Dreary
.]
To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles;
as, it
drizzles
;
drizzling
drops or rain.
“Drizzling tears.”
Spenser.

Syn. – mizzle, misle.

Driz′zle

,
Verb.
T.
To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
“The air doth drizzle dew.”
Shak.

Driz′zle

,
Noun.
A fine rain or mist.
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drizzle

DRIZZLE

,
Verb.
I.
[G., L.] To rain in small drops; to fall as water from the clouds in very fine particles. We say, it drizzles; drizzling drops; drizzling rain; drizzling tears.

DRIZZLE

,
Verb.
T.
To shed in small drops or particles.
The air doth drizzle dew.
Winters drizzled snow.

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