drizzling
English
Verb
drizzling
- present participle of drizzle.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., 55 Fifth Avenue, [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016:
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
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Noun
drizzling (plural drizzlings)
- An amount of liquid that is drizzled.
- 2010, Miriam Nelson, Jennifer Ackerman, The Strong Women's Guide to Total Health (page 370)
- Make use of fresh herbs and spices, squeezes of citrus juice and zest, and spare drizzlings of olive oil instead of flavoring your food with a lot of added fat, salt, or sugar.
- 2010, Miriam Nelson, Jennifer Ackerman, The Strong Women's Guide to Total Health (page 370)
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