Definition of "mizzle"

mizzle¹

/ˈmɪz.əl/

verb
third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled
1. (intransitive, now dialectal, UK, Canada, US) To rain in very fine drops.
noun
uncountable
1. Misty rain or drizzle.

mizzle²

/ˈmɪz.əl/

verb
third-person singular simple present mizzles, present participle mizzling, simple past and past participle mizzled
1. (chiefly Britain) To abscond, scram, flee.
  Quotations
  As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled.
  19th c. Epigram quoted by Thomas Wright (1810 - 1877), reproduced in Webster 1902-1913
  “Now you may mizzle, Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
  1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850
  “Now you better mizzle,” Dido told him. “Get back to your own quarters, fast.”
  1986, Joan Aiken, Dido and Pa
2. (intransitive) To yield.
3. (transitive) To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)