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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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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

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 "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

The snowstorm offers a problem analogous to the dry fog.

From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

The heat is over by the middle of September, and after the autumnal equinox, there are a few days of what is best described as a dense dry fog.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule

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