fogbell (fogbel)

A bell placed on an anchored ve el, buoy, headland, rock, or shoal, rung by the motion of the waves or the force of the wind, and serving as a warning to mariners in foggy weather. "O father! I hear the church-bells ring, O say, what may it be?" "Tis a fog - bell on a rock-bound coast!" Long fellow , Wreck of the Hesperus. fog-bound (fog'bound), a. Impeded, detained, embarra ed, or confined by fog. We were fog - bound in Penobscot bay. The Congregationalist , Sept. 3, 1885. fog-bow (fog'bō), n . A faintish white arch seen in fog, similar to the rainbow, and due to the action of the same causes, the globules of water of the fog playing the same part as the raindrops. It is, however, usually le extended and le sharply defined, and if colored at all has only a slightly rosy tint. Fog-bows are sometimes observed at sea when the fog is very dense, as off the coast of Newfoundland. Among various meteorological phenomena witne ed during the cruise were parhelias and fog - bows , which were of common occurrence off Wrangel Island. Arc . Cruise of the Corwin , 1881, p. 13. fog-cheese (fog'chēz), n. In Yorkshire, England, a cheese made from the milk of cows fed on fog, or aftergra . Nares .