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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mizzle \Miz"zle\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Mizzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mizzling}.] [See {Misle}, and cf. {Mistle}.]
1. To rain in very fine drops; to drizzle. --Spenser.
2. To take one's self off; to go. [Slang]
As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. --Epigram, quoted by Wright.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mizzle \Miz"zle\, noun Mist; fine rain.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mizzle
noun: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower [syn: {drizzle}]
verb: rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" [syn: {drizzle}]
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