a mirror held to a person's lips to see if it shows the
mist of breath, indicating whether or not the person is alive. And the
doctor was called, applied the mist test with the mirror, you know, and
stethoscope to the heart and all that -very, very, very
dead.
-Levels of Skill (6 July 1957) n. a coined
term for a test used to
determine whether or not a person is alive by placing a mirror next to the person's lips to see if it shows the
mist of his breath.
a mirror held to a person's lips to see if it shows the
mist of breath, indicating whether or not the person is alive.