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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 mist n.
 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 coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers.  It is found in the Western and Southern United States.
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