Definition: drizzle

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drizzle
     n : very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
         [syn: mizzle]
     v 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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [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, a.] (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.
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. i. [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.
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. t.
   To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. ``The air doth
   drizzle dew.'' --Shak.
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, n.
   Fine rain or mist. --Halliwell.