[Anglo-Saxon]. A thin vapour, between a fog and haze, and is generally wet.
·vi To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists. II. Mist ·noun Hence, anything which dims or darkens,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A sober soaking rain; a Scotch mist will wet an Englishman to the skin. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Mizzle, or small soaking rain. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book