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Webster 1913 Edition
Fog
Fog
(fŏg)
, Noun.
[Cf. Scot.
fog
, fouge
, moss, foggage
rank grass, LL. fogagium
, W. ffwg
dry grass.] (Agric.)
(a)
A second growth of grass; aftergrass.
(b)
Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; – called also
foggage
. [Prov.Eng.]
Halliwell.
Sometimes called, in New England,
old tore
. In Scotland, fog is a general name for moss. Fog
(fŏg)
, Verb.
T.
(Agric.)
To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
Fog
(fŏg)
, Verb.
I.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
[Obs.]
Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?
Dryden.
Fog
(fŏg)
, Noun.
[Dan. snee
fog
snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok
spray, snowdrift, fjūk
snowstorm, fjūka
to drift.] 1.
Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See
Cloud
. 2.
A state of mental confusion.
Fog alarm
, Fog bell
, Fog horn
, etc.a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather.
– Fog bank
, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land.
– Fog ring
, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, – often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.
Fog
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fogged
(#)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fogging
(#)
.] 1.
To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.
Fog
,Verb.
I.
(Photog.)
To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fog
FOG
,Noun.
1.
A dense watery vapor, exhaled from the earth, or from rivers and lakes, or generated in the atmosphere near the earth. it differs from mist, which is rain in very small drops.2.
A cloud of dust or smoke.FOG
,Noun.
After-grass; a second growth of grass; but it signifies also long grass that remains on land.
Dead grass, remaining on land during winter, is called in New England, the old tore.