drizzlingadj.

Etymology: < drizzle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdrizzling.

That drizzles.

a. Of rain or the like.

ΚΠ

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 41 From mine eyes the drizling teares descend.

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xviii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B2^v Drizling drops that often doe redound, The firmest flint doth in continuance weare.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 545 No drizling showr, But ratling storm of Arrows barbd with fire.

1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 267 Run a drisling Stream..on a few Hops.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxvi. 331 They walked on in silence..under the small drizzling rain.

b. Of a day, climate, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > drizzly

drizzling1566

mizzly1566

mizzlinga1642

drizzly1694

mothery1866

smurry1888

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fv Through sleetie drisling daye.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ii. lxxii. 32 Thus mounts she drizling Olivet.

1744 T. Short in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 629 All Three Days showery or drisling.

1875 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean (ed. 5) iii. 81 A drizzling November day in England.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

> as lemmas

ˈdrizzling

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.

extracted from drizzlev.

drizzling

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.

extracted from drizzlev.

adj.1566

as lemmas

单词	drizzling
释义	drizzlingadj. Etymology: < drizzle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdrizzling. That drizzles. a. Of rain or the like. ΚΠ 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 41 From mine eyes the drizling teares descend. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xviii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B2^v Drizling drops that often doe redound, The firmest flint doth in continuance weare. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 545 No drizling showr, But ratling storm of Arrows barbd with fire. View more context for this quotation 1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 267 Run a drisling Stream..on a few Hops. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxvi. 331 They walked on in silence..under the small drizzling rain. b. Of a day, climate, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > drizzly drizzling1566 mizzly1566 mizzlinga1642 drizzly1694 mothery1866 smurry1888 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fv Through sleetie drisling daye. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ii. lxxii. 32 Thus mounts she drizling Olivet. 1744 T. Short in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 629 All Three Days showery or drisling. 1875 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean (ed. 5) iii. 81 A drizzling November day in England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas ˈdrizzling 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. extracted from drizzlev. drizzling 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. extracted from drizzlev. < adj.1566 as lemmas
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