mizzle

Definitions

1. To abscond, scram, flee.
   British
2. To rain in very fine drops.
   British, Canada, US, dialectal, intransitive
3. To yield.
   intransitive
4. To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.”

““Now you may mizzle, Jemmy (as we say⟳ at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take⟳ the chair I’ll operate⟳ on him.””

“1986, Joan Aiken, Dido and Pa http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618196234&id=MNEhgMsgaIMC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&sig=JAfeh2dResB-FcNOuZRJBiu0ISA “Now you better mizzle,” Dido told him. “Get⟳ back to your own⟳ quarters, fast.””

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