Kisted vs Misted - What's the difference?
kisted | misted |
(kist)
(obsolete) (kiss)
* 1648 , ,
(Scotland) A chest.
*1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 17:
*:the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said [...].
(Scotland) A coffin.
(mist)
(uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
(figurative) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
* Dryden
To form mist.
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
To cover with a mist.
(of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
As verbs the difference between kisted and misted
is that kisted is (kist) while misted is (mist).kisted
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(head)Anagrams
*kist
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Etymology 1
From kissVerb
(head)- To me my Julia lately sent
A Bracelet richly Redolent
The Beads I kist , but most lov'd her
That did perfume the Pomander.
Etymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * ----misted
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Verb
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* * *mist
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(wikipedia mist)Noun
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist .
- There was an oily mist on the lens .
- His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Derived terms
* misty * mists of time * red mistVerb
(en verb)- It's misting this morning.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
- The lens was misted .
- (Shakespeare)
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.