dry fog
Americannoun
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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 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
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
Day follows day, month follows month, without a cloud; the air is pure and dry, fog is unknown.
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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 William Dean Howells
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