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Quotation dates: 1727, 1894
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†DISSLE, v.1, n.1
1. v. To drizzle (Lth. 1825 Jam.2). Also in Cum. and Yks. dial.
2. n.
(1) A slight shower, a drizzle (Lth., Lnk. 1825 Jam.2).Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick xv.:
There was a dissle o' rain fa'in, an' the air had a fresh, cool feel aboot it.Lnk. 1727 P. Walker Vindication of Mr Cameron 151:
There was a small Dissle of warm Rain and he was as sensible of a Dissle of the Dew of Heaven upon his own Soul.
(2) “A slight wetness on standing corn; the effect of a drizzling rain” (Lnk. 1825 Jam.2).
[Appar. a freq. form cogn. with Norw. dysja, to drizzle. Cf. Dan. en dyst regn, drizzle, and Dister.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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