mizzle
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Mizzle, a gray-green, gets its name from a colloquialism for that familiar British weather condition halfway between mist and drizzle.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019
What business had Mizzle there in Switzerland, lurking near the walls of Altorf?
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
Come, Summers and Mizzle, you are well enough to join, and Meetuck, you must be our guide; look alive and get yourselves ready.”
From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“Bad luck to them dogs!” exclaimed David Mizzle, stroking his chin as he surveyed the bone.
From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Mizzle, miz′l, v.i. to rain in small drops.—n. fine rain.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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