See Also: C2 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C4 (cervical vertebra)(health)
Cervical vertebra, second(health)
Cervical vertebra, first(health)
C5 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C1 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C6 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C7 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C3 (cervical vertebra)(health)
vertebra(dictionary)

drizzle (iou) and C6 (cervical vertebra) (health)


drizzle (iou)



drizzle noun & verb. M16.
[Prob. from Old English dreosan to fall = Old Saxon driusan, Gothic driusan: see DREARY, -LE1.]
A. noun.
Rain that falls in fine spraylike droplets; an example of this. M16.
P. Theroux The rain was not a brisk purifying downpour, but a dark tedious drizzle.
A tiny trickle. E18.
Listener They have also produced a drizzle of mediocre sit-coms.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Rain or fall in fine spraylike droplets. Usu. impers. in it drizzles, it is drizzling, etc. M16.
R. Macaulay Rain had begun to drizzle. J. Buchan The following morning it still drizzled. transf.: Nature Magnetospheric electrons constantly drizzle down into the stratosphere.
verb trans. Shed in fine drops; sprinkle (a liquid), let fall in a thin trickle. M16.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds..Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol. C. McCullough Meggie beat green Food coloring into a bowl of runny icing and began to drizzle it over already baked fir trees.
verb trans. & intrans. Sprinkle or wet (esp. Food) with liquid in fine drops or a thin trickle. E19.
Freetime Fill it with..ice cream, drizzle with hot chocolate.
verb intrans. Pick the gold thread out of discarded tassels, embroideries, etc., into which it was woven. L19.
drizzling ppl adjective that drizzles; drizzly: M16.
drizzly adjective of the Nature of drizzle; marked by drizzling rain: L17.

C6 (cervical vertebra) (health)


The sixth cervical (neck) vertebra from the top. The next-to-last of the seven cervical vertebrae.