Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Drizzle, light rain, fine drizzle that hangs in the air and does not actually precipitate.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo drizzle, to rain lightly and finely.
Uncertain; possibly related to smoor. Compare Scottish Gaelic smùr (“dross, dust”).
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- Non-cognate comparisonsmùrgd · dross, dust
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