Definition of "missel" [mis•sel]

• Mistletoe (noun)

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• "The people of Hampshire and Sussex call the missel-bird the storm-cock, because it sings early in the spring in blowing, showery weather; its song often commences with the year: with us it builds much in orchards."
• "There are also the crocus, the missel thrush, the cuckoo, the blackthorn, etc."
• "Do you suppose he's forgotten the Cuban missel crisis when soviet nuclear weapons were pointed at us only 90 miles from our shore?"