[mist] 
| 1. | a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog. |
| 2. | a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a mist of perfume onto her handkerchief. |
| 3. | something that dims, obscures, or blurs: the mist of ignorance. |
| 4. | a haze before the eyes that dims the vision: a mist of tears. |
| 5. | a suspension of a liquid in a gas. |
| 6. | a drink of liquor served over cracked ice. |
| 7. | a fine spray produced by a vaporizer to add moisture to the air for breathing. |
| 8. | to become misty. |
| 9. | to rain in very fine drops; drizzle (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It was misting when they went out for lunch. |
| 10. | to make misty. |
| 11. | to spray (plants) with a finely diffused jet of water, as a means of replacing lost moisture. |
| (in prescriptions) a mixture. |
| mist (mĭst) n.
v. intr.
[Middle English, from Old English; see meigh- in Indo-European roots.] |
"Sometimes distinguished from fog, either as being less opaque or as consisting of drops large enough to have a perceptible downward motion." [O.E.D.]Also in O.E. in sense of "dimness of the eyes, either by illness or tears," and in fig. sense of "things that obscure mental vision." The verb is O.E. mistian. Misty is O.E. mistig.
