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▪ I. misting, vbl. n.|ˈmɪstɪŋ|
[f. mist n.1 or v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Mist.
1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. xiii. 70 Great fog m. misting and misling 7 p. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. i. iii. 20 If the Vapours..soon meet the Cold, they are then Condensed into Misting. 1905Westm. Gaz. 8 July 2/2 Arriving in an Irish ‘misting’, drenched to the skin.
2. misting-up, the act of obscuring as with mist, the process of becoming thus obscured; also concr.
1964B. Gaston Drifting Death ii. 22, I rinsed out the face mask against misting-up. 1966T. Wisdom High-Performance Driving x. 108 A film of dirt or misting up on the inside [of the windscreen] can make the fog seem twice as thick as it is in reality. 1969Listener 6 Feb. 161/1 There were no major hitches during the flight, and only a few minor ones, such as the misting-up of windows.
▪ II. misting, ppl. a.|ˈmɪstɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
Misty.
1772Gentl. Mag. 394 Oct. 22, misting morning, cloudy afternoon. |