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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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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 Darwin, Erasmus

It was a light, dry fog, and for two or three hours the deck, and rigging, and the clothes of those on board remained quite dry.

From Lost in the Fog by De Mille, James

Day follows day, month follows month, without a cloud; the air is pure and dry, fog is unknown.

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

They said that it was a very dry fog, not like Newport, and asked you to notice that it did not wet you at all.

From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean

The snowstorm offers a problem analogous to the dry fog.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

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