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Definition of Mistle
1. v. i. To fall in very fine drops, as rain.
Definition of Mistle
1. Noun. (obsolete) mistletoe ¹
2. Noun. the mistle thrush ¹
3. Verb. To fall like a fine rain, to drizzle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mistle
1. to rain in small drops [v MISTLED, MISTLING, MISTLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistle
Literary usage of Mistle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... missel-thrush, mistle-thrush Der. omiss-ion, ! So called from feeding on the
berries from F. omission, ' an omission,' from L. ace. ..."
2. Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880-1896 by James Robert Vernam Marchant, Watkin Watkins (1897)
"Isle of Wight (mistle Thrush only), from 15th Feb. to 31st Aug. ... Worcester (mistle
Thrush only), between 1st March and 1st Aug. Berwick (mistle Thrush ..."
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