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noun Meteorology.

a fog that does not moisten exposed surfaces.

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Words nearby dry fog

dry eye, dry-eyed, dry-farm, dry farming, dry fly, dry fog, dry-footing, dry freeze, dry gangrene, Drygas, dry goods

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How to use dry fog in a sentence

The "Flash" had glided into a dense bank of dry fog, and the Captain could not see a yard beyond the panes of glass.
The Little Skipper|George Manville Fenn
In the year 1782 the sun was for many weeks obscured by a dry fog, and appeared red as through a common mist.
Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin
The first of these was in the year 526, when a dry fog covered the Roman Empire with a red haze.
The San Francisco Calamity|Various
What meteorologists call dry fog is a haze of dust or smoke, sometimes very dense.
Meteorology|Charles Fitzhugh Talman

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.
April Hopes|William Dean Howells