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dry fog

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noun

Meteorology.
  1. a fog that does not moisten exposed surfaces.


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Another famous instance was in 1783, when a dry fog, lasting for a month, covered the northern parts of America, and Europe from Sweden to Africa.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

In the year 1782 the sun was for many weeks obscured by a dry fog, and appeared red as through a common mist.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

The first of these was in the year 526, when a dry fog covered the Roman Empire with a red haze.

From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Charles Morris

The snowstorm offers a problem analogous to the dry fog.

From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

The "Flash" had glided into a dense bank of dry fog, and the Captain could not see a yard beyond the panes of glass.

From The Little Skipper A Son of a Sailor by George Manville Fenn

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