Mizzle, or small soaking rain.
A sober soaking rain; a Scotch mist will wet an Englishman to the skin. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·vi To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists. II. Mist ·noun Hence, anything which dims or darkens,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[Anglo-Saxon]. A thin vapour, between a fog and haze, and is generally wet. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A slight cut or incision; a score. II. Scotch ·noun Collectively, the people of Scotland. II...
·noun A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. ...
·add. ·- The ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accep...
·add. ·- One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair. ...
·noun <<Hopscotch>>. ...
Hall of the Corporation of the Scottish Hospital of His Majesty's Foundation in Blackfriars, 1676 (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
See Scott's Yard. ...
Lice. The headquarters of the Scotch greys: the head of a man full of large lice. ...
A bottle containing two quarts. ...
A halt and a resting on a stick, as practised by pedlars. ...
Brimstone and milk. ...
The itch. ...
A mistake; worse than no prize, or one liable to hamper the captors with heavy law expenses. ...
A wench; also a fart. ...
to stop it from going backward. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose