drizzlen.¹

/ˈdrɪz(ə)l/

Etymology: goes with drizzle v.

Small, fine, spray-like rain.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > light or fine rain

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a1612 J. Harington in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 93 To shunne Bleak winters drizzle.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 58 The Condensation of it, from a Cloud, or from a Mist, Rain, Drizle.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 111 A mist, which successively becomes a mizzle, a drizzle, a shower, a rain, a torrent.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxii. 127 It rained a November drizzle.

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drizzle cake n. a sponge cake over which a flavoured syrup or frosting is poured to form a glaze on the top and sides of the cake. Frequently preceded by a noun denoting the flavouring agent, as in lemon drizzle cake, orange drizzle cake, etc.

1969 Playground Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) 12 June 15/1 Drizzle Cake... Icing can be spread over top of cooled cake and drizzled down the side.

1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Nov. 17 Look out for..Orange Drizzle Cakes, priced from 69p.

2015 M. Brass & S. Brass Baking with Brass Sisters 11 Lemon Drizzle Cake seems to be the most common of the drizzle cakes we've encountered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

drizzlev.

/ˈdrɪz(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s drysel, 1500s–1600s drissel(l), 1500s–1700s drizle, dris(s)le, 1600s driz(z)el.

Etymology: Not known before 16th cent. Origin obscure: possibly diminutive and frequentative of rare Middle English drese v., Old English dréosan to fall; with 16th cent. dryseling compare drysnyng n. at drysne v. Derivatives.

1. intransitive. To rain in very fine, dense, spray-like drops: said of the weather, the day, and impersonal; to fall, as rain, in fine drops.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain fine rain

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1566 [implied in: T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fv Through sleetie drisling daye. (at drizzling adj. b)].

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E4 These teares that drissel from mine eyes.

1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 7 Nor ever did the winter drissle here.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ii. 227 The morning is none of the comfortablest: raw; it is even drizzling a little.

1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 89 A thin rain drizzled languidly.

figurative.1822 P. B. Shelley tr. J. W. von Goethe Scenes from Faust ii. 187 The magic notes, like spark on spark, Drizzle, whistling through the dark.

†2. transitive. To shed in fine spray-like drops. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > emit [verb (transitive)] > in drops > very fine or minute

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > emit in drops or trickle

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1543 [see drizzling n. at Derivatives].

1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes iii. iii. sig. C3^v Danae, into whose prison Iupiter drisled a golden shewre.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 103 Stand thee close then vnder this penthouse, for it drissells raine.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 21 Fierce fiery Warriours fight vpon the Clouds..Which drizel'd blood vpon the Capitoll.

1638 F. Quarles Elegie Dr. Wilson in Divine Poems (rev. ed.) 509 I cannot mizzle: My fluent braines are too severe to drizzle Sleight drops.

3. To sprinkle or wet with minute drops. rare.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle liquid or something with liquid [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle something with liquid > with or as with drops

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1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 148 Drizzled by the ceaseless spray..The wizard waits.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. iii. 28 The little stubby trees..were drizzled with a mess of wet.

4. intransitive. To pick the gold thread out of tassels or embroideries into which it was woven; so drizzler, drizzling (also attributive).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > unravel gold thread

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1884 tr. Bauer's Posthumous Mem. II. i. 117 Prince Leopold..diligently and indefatigably drizzled.

1884 tr. Bauer's Posthumous Mem. II. i. 118 This ‘drizzling’..was invented in Paris..during the reign of King Louis XVI... The most fashionable ladies of the court felt no compunction in asking the gentlemen of their acquaintance for cast-off gold and silver epaulettes.

1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 177/2 Drizzling—which was nothing more or less than picking the gold thread out of old gold tassels, braid, [etc.].

1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 178/1 One of the Countess's principal grievances against the Prince seems to have been that he was a confirmed drizzler; she says Leopold would sit by her hour after hour diligently and indefatigably drizzling... The tall Prince..bending over his elegant drizzling-box of tortoise-shell.

1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 310 The value of the material in gold lace led to later destruction of much of it for reclamation of the gold. In France, in the late 18th century, parfilage or unravelling became a social and profitable pastime. Early in the 19th century, the destructive addiction came to England under the name of drizzling.

Derivatives

ˈdrizzled adj. shed in spray-like drops.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 314 Sap-consuming Winters drizled snow.

1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 342 A bloody drizzled shower.

ˈdrizzling n. (in quot. 1543 concrete); (see also sense 4).

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1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. N^v The .ij. draffyshe Declaracyons of my lorde Boner, with soche other dyrtye dryselynges of Antichrist.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 499 They..auoid their water by drisling or drops.

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5. Cookery. transitive. To pour or let fall in trickles over the surface of food; also, to cover in this way. Also intransitive of the coating: to run in trickles.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (intransitive)] > run in trickles (of coating or icing)

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (transitive)] > trickle garnish over food

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1958 Good Housek. Cake Bk. 42/2 While mixture is still warm, spoon over top of cake, letting it drizzle down the sides.

1961 in Webster (at cited word) Drizzle, to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles.

1971 Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Home Jrnl.) 9/4 When done, dust with icing sugar or drizzle a little water icing on the crosses.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 407 Meggie beat green food coloring into a bowl of runny icing and began to drizzle it over already baked fir trees.

1979 Sunset Apr. (Desert ed.) 174/3 For a finale, serve a creamy molded dessert drizzled with port wine and sweetened with strawberries.

1984 Freetime Autumn 3/1 Fill it with scoops of ice cream, drizzle with hot chocolate, butterscotch or jam sauce.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	drizzle
释义	drizzlen.¹ /ˈdrɪz(ə)l/ Etymology: goes with drizzle v. Small, fine, spray-like rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > light or fine rain roke1292 mull-rain1440 mizzle1490 rugc1540 drizzlea1612 dag1808 smur1808 sprinkle1829 skew1839 fret1982 a1612 J. Harington in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 93 To shunne Bleak winters drizzle. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 58 The Condensation of it, from a Cloud, or from a Mist, Rain, Drizle. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 111 A mist, which successively becomes a mizzle, a drizzle, a shower, a rain, a torrent. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxii. 127 It rained a November drizzle. Draft additions January 2018 drizzle cake n. a sponge cake over which a flavoured syrup or frosting is poured to form a glaze on the top and sides of the cake. Frequently preceded by a noun denoting the flavouring agent, as in lemon drizzle cake, orange drizzle cake, etc. Π 1969 Playground Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) 12 June 15/1 Drizzle Cake... Icing can be spread over top of cooled cake and drizzled down the side. 1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Nov. 17 Look out for..Orange Drizzle Cakes, priced from 69p. 2015 M. Brass & S. Brass Baking with Brass Sisters 11 Lemon Drizzle Cake seems to be the most common of the drizzle cakes we've encountered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). drizzlen.² Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps short for ling drizzle (although this is apparently first attested later: late 19th cent. or earlier), variant (with dissimilation) of ling grissle (late 19th cent. or earlier) < ling n.¹ + grilse n. (compare β. forms at that entry). A name of the young ling (fish). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > molva or ling lingc1300 winter fish1343 orgays1427 ling fish1489 organ1499 drizzle1769 blue ling1902 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 162 It is not reckoned a sizeable fish, and consequently not entitled to the bounty... uch are called Drizzles, and are in season all summer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). drizzlev. /ˈdrɪz(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s drysel, 1500s–1600s drissel(l), 1500s–1700s drizle, dris(s)le, 1600s driz(z)el. Etymology: Not known before 16th cent. Origin obscure: possibly diminutive and frequentative of rare Middle English drese v., Old English dréosan to fall; with 16th cent. dryseling compare drysnyng n. at drysne v. Derivatives. 1. intransitive. To rain in very fine, dense, spray-like drops: said of the weather, the day, and impersonal; to fall, as rain, in fine drops. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain fine rain mugc1400 mizzle1439 mull1440 drizzle1566 haze1691 dag1825 smur1825 1566 [implied in: T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fv Through sleetie drisling daye. (at drizzling adj. b)]. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E4 These teares that drissel from mine eyes. 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 7 Nor ever did the winter drissle here. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ii. 227 The morning is none of the comfortablest: raw; it is even drizzling a little. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 89 A thin rain drizzled languidly. figurative.1822 P. B. Shelley tr. J. W. von Goethe Scenes from Faust ii. 187 The magic notes, like spark on spark, Drizzle, whistling through the dark. †2. transitive. To shed in fine spray-like drops. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > emit [verb (transitive)] > in drops > very fine or minute distilc1400 degout?1504 drizzle1543 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > emit in drops or trickle shedc1175 berainc1420 drizzle1543 dribble1589 trickle1602 1543 [see drizzling n. at Derivatives]. 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes iii. iii. sig. C3^v Danae, into whose prison Iupiter drisled a golden shewre. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 103 Stand thee close then vnder this penthouse, for it drissells raine. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 21 Fierce fiery Warriours fight vpon the Clouds..Which drizel'd blood vpon the Capitoll. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Quarles Elegie Dr. Wilson in Divine Poems (rev. ed.) 509 I cannot mizzle: My fluent braines are too severe to drizzle Sleight drops. 3. To sprinkle or wet with minute drops. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle liquid or something with liquid [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle something with liquid > with or as with drops dropc1430 drizzle1810 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 148 Drizzled by the ceaseless spray..The wizard waits. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. iii. 28 The little stubby trees..were drizzled with a mess of wet. 4. intransitive. To pick the gold thread out of tassels or embroideries into which it was woven; so drizzler, drizzling (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > unravel gold thread drizzle1884 1884 tr. Bauer's Posthumous Mem. II. i. 117 Prince Leopold..diligently and indefatigably drizzled. 1884 tr. Bauer's Posthumous Mem. II. i. 118 This ‘drizzling’..was invented in Paris..during the reign of King Louis XVI... The most fashionable ladies of the court felt no compunction in asking the gentlemen of their acquaintance for cast-off gold and silver epaulettes. 1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 177/2 Drizzling—which was nothing more or less than picking the gold thread out of old gold tassels, braid, [etc.]. 1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 178/1 One of the Countess's principal grievances against the Prince seems to have been that he was a confirmed drizzler; she says Leopold would sit by her hour after hour diligently and indefatigably drizzling... The tall Prince..bending over his elegant drizzling-box of tortoise-shell. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 310 The value of the material in gold lace led to later destruction of much of it for reclamation of the gold. In France, in the late 18th century, parfilage or unravelling became a social and profitable pastime. Early in the 19th century, the destructive addiction came to England under the name of drizzling. Derivatives ˈdrizzled adj. shed in spray-like drops. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 314 Sap-consuming Winters drizled snow. View more context for this quotation 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 342 A bloody drizzled shower. ˈdrizzling n. (in quot. 1543 concrete); (see also sense 4). ΚΠ 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. N^v The .ij. draffyshe Declaracyons of my lorde Boner, with soche other dyrtye dryselynges of Antichrist. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 499 They..auoid their water by drisling or drops. Draft additions 1993 5. Cookery. transitive. To pour or let fall in trickles over the surface of food; also, to cover in this way. Also intransitive of the coating: to run in trickles. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (intransitive)] > run in trickles (of coating or icing) drizzle1958 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (transitive)] > trickle garnish over food drizzle1958 1958 Good Housek. Cake Bk. 42/2 While mixture is still warm, spoon over top of cake, letting it drizzle down the sides. 1961 in Webster (at cited word) Drizzle, to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles. 1971 Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Home Jrnl.) 9/4 When done, dust with icing sugar or drizzle a little water icing on the crosses. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 407 Meggie beat green food coloring into a bowl of runny icing and began to drizzle it over already baked fir trees. 1979 Sunset Apr. (Desert ed.) 174/3 For a finale, serve a creamy molded dessert drizzled with port wine and sweetened with strawberries. 1984 Freetime Autumn 3/1 Fill it with scoops of ice cream, drizzle with hot chocolate, butterscotch or jam sauce. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹a1612n.²1769v.1543
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drizzlev.

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