mist

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But the mist was a Scotch mist, which, in less humid lands, might easily pass for fine rain; and the drip, drip, drip of heavy dew-drops from the broad banana-leaves sounded like a sharp shower.

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  1. noun A mass of fine droplets of water in the atmosphere near or in contact with the earth.
  2. noun Water vapor condensed on and clouding the appearance of a surface.
  3. noun Fine drops of a liquid, such as water, perfume, or medication, sprayed into the air.
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  • They went up to the quarry each day the mist was there, and worked the same as usual. —  Five Go To Mystery Moor
  • The indrawing of the mist was almost complete and so slowed even more our going. —  Dread Companion
  • Behind the altar a mist of lambent fire swirled; beyond the mist was an infinity of blackness. —  Conan The Invincible
  • But the mist was a Scotch mist, which, in less humid lands, might easily pass for fine rain; and the drip, drip, drip of heavy dew-drops from the broad banana-leaves sounded like a sharp shower. —  To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
  • Cadmann unslung his rifle. —  The Legacy of Heorot
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see meigh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English mist, from Anglo-Saxon mist, darkness, dimness (of the air), also dimness of sight (not used in the sense of ‘fog’ or ‘vapor’), = Middle Dutch mist, miest, Dutch mist, darkness, fog, mist, = Low German mist = Icelandic mistr = Swedish mist, darkness, mist. On the assumption that the sense ‘vapor’ is more original, the word has been identified with Old Saxon mist = Dutch mist, mest = Middle Low German miste, Low German mest, mess = Old High German Middle High German G. mist = Danish mist- (in mistbænk, a hotbed) = Goth, maihstus, dung, connected with Anglo-Saxon meox, Middle English mix, English mixen, dung (see mix, mixen), Greek ὀμίχλη, ὁμίχλη, mist, Old Bulgarian Russian migla, Lithuanian migla, mist, Sanskrit mihira, a cloud, megha, cloud, mih, rain, mist, etc., from a root appearing in the verb, Anglo-Saxon mīgan = Dutch mijgen = Low German migen = Middle Low German mīgen = Icelandic mīga = Latin mingere = Greek ὀμιχεῖν = Lithuanian mezhu, urinate, orig. (as in the above-cited derivatives meaning ‘cloud,’ ‘mist,’ ‘rain,’ and in Sanskrit) ‘sprinkle,’ ‘rain,’ = Sanskrit mih, urinate, sprinkle.
  2. from Middle English *misten, (Anglo-Saxon mistian, grow dim (= Dutch misten, be misty, be foggy), from mist, darkness, dimness: see mist, n. Hence freq. mistle, misle, now spelled mizzle.
 

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