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fog

(Encyclopedia) fog, aggregation of water droplets or ice crystals immediately above the surface of the earth (i.e., a cloud near the ground). A light or thin fog is usually called a mist. Fog may…

mist

(Encyclopedia) mist: see fog.

sand

(Encyclopedia) sand, rock material occurring in the form of loose, rounded or angular grains, varying in size from .06 mm to 2 mm in diameter, the particles being smaller than those of gravel and…

haze

(Encyclopedia) haze, suspension in the atmosphere of minute dust or salt particles that are not individually seen but that nevertheless reduce visibility. So-called damp haze and dry haze produce…

Brewer's: Fog-eater

A white bow in the clouds during foggy weather is so called. Such a bow was seen in England during January, 1888. A week preceding, the weather had been clear, sunshiny, and genial, then…

Brewer's: Old Fogs

The 87th Foot; so called from the war-cry “Fag-an-Bealach” (Clear the way), pronounced Faug-a-bellagh. The 87th Foot is now called “The Royal Irish Fusiliers.” Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Sand

(George). The nom de plume of Madame Dudevant, a French authoress, assumed out of attachment to Jules Sand or Sandeau, a young student, in conjunction with whom she published her first…

Brewer's: Sands

Footprints on the sands of Time (Longfellow: Psalm of Life). This beautiful expression was probably suggested by a letter of the First Napoleon to his Minister of the Interior respecting…

Earl Sande

Earl SandeBorn: Nov. 13, 1898Jockey rode Gallant Fox to Triple Crown in 1930; won 5 Belmonts and 3 Kentucky Derbies.Died: Aug. 19, 1968Arantxa Sanchez VicarioR - TBarry Sanders