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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIST, n. [L. mixtus, mistus, from misceo, to mix.]
1. Water falling in very numerous, but fine and almost imperceptible drops.
A mist is a multitude of small but solid globules, which therefore descend.
2. That which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
His passion cast a mist before his sense.
MIST, v.t. To cloud; to cover with vapor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a thin fog with condensation near the ground v
1: become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over" [syn: mist, mist over]
2: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist]
3: spray finely or cover with mist

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch mist mist, Greek omichl? Date: before 12th century 1. water in the form of particles floating or falling in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth and approaching the form of rain 2. something that obscures understanding <mists of antiquity> 3. a film before the eyes 4. a. a cloud of small particles or objects suggestive of a mist b. a suspension of a finely divided liquid in a gas c. a fine spray 5. a drink of liquor served over cracked ice II. verb Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to be or become misty 2. to become moist or blurred transitive verb to cover or spray with or convert to mist

NOAA Weather Glossary

Consists of microscopic water droplets suspended in the air which produce a thin grayish veil over the landscape. It reduces visibility to a lesser extent than fog.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a water vapour near the ground in minute droplets limiting visibility. b condensed vapour settling on a surface and obscuring glass etc. 2 dimness or blurring of the sight caused by tears etc. 3 a cloud of particles resembling mist. --v.tr. & intr. (usu. foll. by up, over) cover or become covered with mist or as with mist. Derivatives: mistful adj. mistlike adj. Etymology: OE f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mist Mist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misted; p. pr. & vb. n. Misting.] To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mist Mist, v. i. To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mist Mist (m[i^]st), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. ma['i]hstus, AS. m[=i]gan to make water, Icel. m[=i]ga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meiere, to make water, gr. ? to make water, ? mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist m[hand]gha cloud. [root]102. Cf. Misle, Mizzle, Mixen.] 1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog. 2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist. 3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision. His passion cast a mist before his sense. --Dryden. Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium c[oe]lestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mists, misting, misted) 1. Mist consists of a large number of tiny drops of water in the air, which make it difficult to see very far. Thick mist made flying impossible... Mists and fog swirled about the road. N-VAR 2. If a piece of glass mists or is misted, it becomes covered with tiny drops of moisture, so that you cannot see through it easily. The windows misted, blurring the stark streetlight... The temperature in the car was misting the window. VERB: V, V n • Mist over and mist up mean the same as mist. The front windshield was misting over... She stood in front of the misted-up mirror. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V-ed P

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

('edh; achlus, homichie): Mist is caused by particles of water vapor filling the air until it is only partially transparent. Mist and haze produce much the same effect, the one being due to moisture in the atmosphere and the other to dust particles. Mist or fog is not common on the plains of Palestine and Syria at sea-level, but is of almost daily occurrence in the mountain valleys, coming up at night and disappearing with the morning sun (The Wisdom of Solomon 2:4). It is nothing else than a cloud touching the land. In the account of creation, "there went up a mist from the earth," giving a description of the warm humid atmosphere of the carboniferous ages which agrees remarkably with the teaching of modern science (Ge 2:6). The word is used figuratively in Ac 13:11 to describe the shutting out of light. Those who bring confusion and uncertainty are compared to "mists driven by a storm" (2Pe 2:17).

See VAPOR.

Alfred H. Joy

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Fog, haze, cloud. 2. Obscurity, bewilderment, perplexity, haze. II. v. a. Cloud, cover with mist. III. v. n. Mizzle, drizzle.

Foolish Dictionary

Generally, a small, light rain. SCOTCH MIST A cloudburst.

Moby Thesaurus

London fog, London special, Scotch mist, addle, addle the wits, air, airy nothing, amorphousness, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befog, befuddle, befuddlement, bemist, bewilder, bewilderment, blood rain, blur, bother, botheration, bubble, bug, chaos, clabber up, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, confuse, confusion, dark, darken, darken over, darkness, daze, dazzle, defocus, dim, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disturb, disturbance, drisk, drizzle, drizzling mist, embarrass, embarrassment, encloud, enmist, entangle, ether, evening mist, fall, film, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fogginess, frenzy, frost smoke, fuddle, fuddlement, fuss, fuzziness, gauze, gout of rain, haze, illusion, indeterminateness, indistinctness, jumble, lose resolution, maze, mess, mistiness, misty rain, mix up, mizzle, moider, moisture, muddle, muddlement, mumbo jumbo, murk, murkiness, mystification, nubilate, obfuscation, obnubilate, obscurantism, obscuration, obscure, obscurity, opacity, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, pale, patter, pea soup, pea-soup fog, peasouper, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, phantom, pitter-patter, pother, precipitation, pucker, put out, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, shade, shadow, shapelessness, sheet of rain, shower, shuffle, smog, smoke, soften, spirit, splatter, sprinkle, steam up, stew, sweat, swivet, thin air, throw into confusion, tizzy, unclarity, unclearness, unfrozen hydrometeor, unplainness, unsettle, unsettlement, upset, vagueness, vapor, wet