Fogey

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 27
Same as FOGY, q. v. Fog'gage, FOG'GE, n. [L. Lat. fogagium.] Rank, or coarse gra , not mowed or eaten down in summer or autumn. Foggia, ( föja ,) a city of S. Italy, cap of prov. of same name, in the centre of the great Apulian plain, 46 m. E. by S. of Campo Ba o. It is well built, most of the houses being reconstructed since an earthquake, which happened in 1732. It has large storehouses for keeping corn, and is the place where the flocks that feed on the great plain of Apulia are registered. Pop . 25,000. Fog'gily, adv . Mistily; darkly; cloudily. Fog'gine , n. A state of the atmosphere, when filled with watery exhalations; cloudine ; mistine . Fog'gy, a . Misty; cloudy; full of moist vapors or watery exhalations; as, a foggy atmosphere, a foggy climate. -Cloudy in intellect; darkened; dull; as, foggy ideas. Fo'gie, n. Same as FOGY, q. v. Fog'le , a . Free from fog. Fogʻlesville, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of Le high co., about 9 m. W. by S. of Allen town. Fo'go, an island of British N. America, in the Atlantic Ocean, off the N.E. coast of Newfoundland; Lat. 49° 40′ N., Lon. 54° W. Fo'go, Fuego, or ST. PHILIP, one of the Cape de Verd islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, and the highest of the group, being 9,760 feet above sea-level, and presenting the appearance of one single mountain, though, on the sides, there are deep valleys; Lat. 14° 53′ N., Lon. 24° 30' W. Area , 40 m. in circumference. It has no rivers; and a scarcity of fresh water prevails, yet it is one of the most fertile islands of the archipelago, producing excellent maize and fruits. Chief town. No a Senhora da Luz.
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