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mist

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
mist over and mist up
[for glass] to fog up; [for glass] to develop a coating of water vapor so that one cannot see. The windshield misted over and we could hardly see out. The glass misted up and we had to wipe it off.

lost in the mists of time
if something is lost in the mists of time, everyone has forgotten it because it happened such a long time ago The true significance of these symbols has become lost in the mists of time.
See also: lost, time


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