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A grouping of water particles due to a change in atmosphere. This convention in Gothic Literature is often used to obscure objects (see Burke's notion of the sublime) by reducing visibility or to prelude the insertion of a terrifying person or thing. Example: Within the short story "The Mist," written by Stephen King, a typical summer day in Maine is transformed into a strange new world. An odd mist, clearly demarcated, begins to creep upon the town and by midday it has taken it over. ...
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| mist. |
Light fog, visibility reduced, but still more than a kilometre.
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| mist. |
Is comprised of tiny water droplets hanging in the air which forms a thin grayish blanket over the landscape. It causes a reduction in visibility but not to the same degree that fog does.
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| mist. |
having very small drops of rain in the air
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| mistletoe |
is thought to be based on a German word for bird excrement (mix) from the fact that the plant is propagated in it, though there is also a theory that the term derived from another German word (mash) which refers to the stickiness of the berries. It is combined with an Old English word (toe) meaning 'twig'. This shrub usually grows on broad-leaved trees like apple, lime, and poplar.
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