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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), noun [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. l["a]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See {Long}, adjective] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish ({Molva vulgaris}) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also {drizzle}. (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario. (c) An American hake of the genus {Phycis}. [Canada] (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus {Genypterus}. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Drizzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drizzling}.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, verb (used with an object) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. ''The air doth drizzle dew.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, noun A fine rain or mist. --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
drizzle
noun: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower [syn: {mizzle}]
verb
1: rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" [syn: {mizzle}]
2: moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [syn: {moisten}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "drizzle": Scotch mist, blood rain, drum, evening mist, fall, flurry, gout of rain, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisture, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, sheet of rain, shower, shower down, spatter, spit, splatter, sprinkle, stream, tattoo, unfrozen hydrometeor, weep, wet
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