MIST

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch ~ ~, Greek omichlē Date: before 12th century 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, something that obscures understanding , a film before the eyes, 4. a cloud of small particles or objects suggestive of a ~, a suspension of a finely divided liquid in a gas, a fine spray, a drink of liquor served over cracked ice, II. verb Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to be or become ~y, to become moist or blurred, transitive verb to cover or spray with or convert to ~