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’fra i,e:f n. that part of the rainfall or precrpztation upon a land surface which is evaporated or flies eff again into the atmosfere: distinguisht from runoff. fog fog w. thick mist or visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosfere at or near the earth’s surface, usually due to the cooling of the air below the dewzpeint and censequent cendensation of its water-vapor; an obscured condition of the atmosfere due to the presence of condenst water-vapor: as, an arctic *fog. y barometric fog, a fog due to a lowering of barometgzc pre ure and the censequent expansion and cooling of the air and condensation of water-vapor. drifting fog, fegzlike cloud which, when in the form of a herzzental stratum, is cald stratus. dry fog 1. a light fog (consisting of very fine particles of water) which does net wet ebjects with which it comes in contact. compare wetting fog. 2. a haze due to the presence of dust, soot, or ashes, as from a prairie fire. electric fog, a fog accompanied by electrical fenomena such as Saint Elmo’s fire or ball-lightning. radiation fog, a fog dué to the cooling of the air consequent upon the radiation of its heat toward the colder earth below or sky above. red fog, a fog or fegz-like cloud of reddish hue, made up of dustzpartrcles, often seen eff the nerthern part of the west coast of Africa. wetting fog, a fog (composed of water-particles) which wets ebjects with which it comes rn contact. compare dry fog. wooly fog, a fog of wool-like appearance which moves slowly over the lower slopes of mountains in the night time. fog-alarm ’fog-9,la:zm n. an alarm, or stgnal by sound from a bell, gun, hern, or whistle, used 1n foggy wether, to indicate the presence of rocks, lighthouses, or ships. fog-bank ‘fog,bonk mn. a bank or wall-like ma or stratum of fog as seen from a distance; also, spcerfically, a foggy or hazy appearance at sea, often taken for land, but vanishing as rt 1s approacht; Cape Flyaway; Nozman’s Land; Dutchman’s Land. fog-bell ‘fog,bet n. a bell rung as a fegzsignal. fog-billow ‘fog,bilo n. a billow or great surging wave of fog, observd by looking downward, as from a balloon, upon fog which 1s being acted upon by a gentle wind; a big fog- ‘wave. fog-bound ‘fog,baund adj. bound, impeded, detaind, embarz rast, or confined by fog, as a ship at sea. fogbow ’fog,boo. a bow or arch of light five degrees wide, slightly rosy on the outside, seen in a fog, and faintly re- sembling a rainbow and due to stmzlar causes, the glebules of water of the fog playing the same part as the rains drops. fog-buoy ‘fog,buu-z. a buoy kept floating on a water-surface over which fog is apt to occur, as near a shoal. fog-dog ‘fog,de:g n. a break or clearing spet in a fog-bank, presaging the lIrftzng of the fog. fog-drip ‘fog,drip 1. the drip or dropping water from solid bedies upon which fegzpartzcles have collected and run together. fog-eater ‘fog,1i-tai n. a break xin a fogzbank or must, presaging clearrng wether; a fog-dog; also, a fegzbow. fogged fogd adj. coverd with fog; misty. foggine ‘fog i-nis n. the state of being foggy. ‘ fog-gun ‘fog,gan m. a gun fired in foggy wether as a warning or fog-signal. foggy ‘fog: adj. abounding with fog; damp with fog; misty. fog-horn ‘fog,he:in n. a hern sounded as a warning or a signal rn foggy wether: as, the siren *fegzhern. fogle ‘fegi adj. without fog; clear. fog-ring ‘fog,zin n. a ring or circular bank or ma of fog, net unusual eff the Newfoundland coast. fog-seale ‘fog,skeel n. a scale of fegzintenszties; a graded system by which degrees of feggine may be exprest; a system of grades for describing how thick the fog 1s. | fog-signal ‘fog,stgni n. a signal such as the sound of a hern, whistle, or terpedo, made in foggy wether as a warn ing of danger; a fegzalarm. Odom fogzsignal, a signal for use in foggy or thick wether to determin the direction of approaching sound waves.