Missile

mis's il, a. Capable of being thrown, hurled, or projected, —n. A projectile weapon, as a lance, arrow, or bullet, with which one may strike an object at a distance. [L., a mi ile weapon, prob. neut. of mi ilis, that may be thrown, mittere, mi um, to throw, send; Lithuan. mesti, to throw, Skr. math, to churn, agitate, E. admit, commit, diswii , emi ary, promise, premise, etc.] — Mis's ion, mish'- un, n. Act of sending, or state of being sent; commi ion; errand; duty on which one sent; persons sent; delegation; emba y; a station, residence, or organization, of mi ionaries. [OF. L. mi io, fr. mittere.] — Mis's ionary, -er-t, n. One sent upon a mi ion esp., one sent to propagate religion. — a. Pert, to mi ions. — Mis's ive, -siv, a. Intended to be sent; prepared for sending out; sent by authority of some person or society; intended to be thrown or hurled; mi ile. — w. That which sent; a me age; letter. [OF.] — Mit'tim us, -tt-mus, n. (Law.) A warrant of commitment to prison. [L., we send, mittere.'] Mist, mist, Mis'le, Mis'tle, miz'l, Miz'zle, miz'zl, n. Visible watery vapor at or near the surface of the earth fog coarse, watery vapor, approaching the — form of rain anything which dims or darkens. v. To cloud, cover with mist. — v. [misted, misting; —miz'led (-Id), -ling; — mis'tled (miz'- ld), -ling;—miz'zled, -zling.] To rain in very fine drops. [AS. mist, gloom, darkne , Sw. and D., fog, G., dung, Ic. mistr, mist Gr. omichle, fog, Skr. mihira, a cloud, mih, to sprinkle ME. misle, mysylle = mistle, freq. of mist.]— Mist'y, Mis'ly, miz'- Miz'zly, -zlt, a. Overspread with, attended by, or obscured as if by, mist raining in fine drops.— Mist'ine , n. Mister, oiis'ter, abbr. in writing to Mr., n. Sir master, — a title of any adult male. [Corrup. of master, q. v.] Mistletoe, Misletoe, miz'lto, n. A parasitic evergreen shrub, bearing a glutinous berry the sacred plant of the Druids. [AS. miste lan, mistel, dim. of mist, gloom, and tan, a twig.]