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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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The snowstorm offers a problem analogous to the dry fog.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

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

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

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 Rameur, E.

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 Morris, Charles

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