drizzle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DRIZZLE, verb intransitive [G., Latin ] 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 transitive To shed in small drops or particles. The air doth drizzle dew. Winters drizzled snow.
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