drizzle

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak.
3. 3.Fine rain or mist. Halliwell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak called?