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"ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 499:",
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"(Scotland) Fine rain; drizzle. Fine drizzle, lighter than drizzle that hings in the air and does not actually precipitate."
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"(Scotland, intransitive) To drizzle; to rain finely."
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"ref": "2022, John MacKay, The Road Dance:",
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