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fog-bank
[f. fog n.2 + bank n.1]
(See quot. 1867.) Also fig.
1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 499 note, Quoth the Ship-master, It is but a fog-bank, there is no danger. 1769Hirst in Phil. Trans. LIX. 230 A dark cloud, or rather fog-bank. 1819Byron Juan ii. xcvi, The frequent fog-banks gave them cause to doubt. 1865Merivale Rom. Emp. VIII. lxviii. 366 The clouds and fogbanks of Plotinus..were replaced by the enduring fabric of the doctrine of the Christian Trinity. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Fog-bank, a dense haze, presenting the appearance of a thick cloud resting upon the horizon. |