See mistify on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1849, Mrs. C. T. Cromwell, Over the Ocean; Or, Glimpses of Travel in Many Lands, page 182:",
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"ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Or, The Whale:",
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"ref": "1887, Book Chat - Volume 2, page 321:",
"text": "The same fog will cover any area and mistify it as the general adjustable criticism does any book.",
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"ref": "1904, Field and Stream, page 1023:",
"text": "But premature darkness began to mistify distant objects before we had the mules out of the corral.",
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"ref": "1893, Bulletin of Pharmacy - Volume 7, page 327:",
"text": "In this syrup the greenish, oily extract is put, and boiled on a slow fire. Now is the time to mistify the preparation.",
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"ref": "1926, Automotive Industries - Volume 55, page 298:",
"text": "Steam \"cut-off\" is controlled by means of a small cylinder chamber the fuel is metered through a jet to a mistifying pump, the latter being operated by the blower motor.",
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"ref": "1947, Institute of Petroleum (Great Britain), The Journal - Volume 33:",
"text": "I have noticed that this oxidation generally occurs where “foaming” or “mistifying” of the lubricant takes place.",
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"ref": "1996, Tom Steinbach, Now That Forever Has Ended, page 169:",
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