mock sun

American  

noun

1. parhelion.

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mock sun British  

noun

1. another name for parhelion

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mock sun

There, even nature offers litle solace; the aurora borealis, a ghostly disturbance flickering in the sky, appears as a "mock sun" that offers light but no heat.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is a mock sun," exclaimed my father.

From The Smoky God, or, a voyage to the inner world by Emerson, Willis George

There was a mock sun on either side of the real sun.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

The Banks Islanders make sunshine by means of a mock sun.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

Once in the early morning she had seen a bright light above the sun—a mock sun which shone more fiercely than a fire in daylight.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry