5 entries under this word

Fog

Fōg, n.

noun

n. [Dan. fog, sneefog, snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, Icel. fok, fōk.] 1. Watery vapor precipitated in the lower part of the atmosphere, and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground. Yon fen-sucked fogs, drawn by the powerful sun. Shak. 2. A cloud of dust or smoke.

Fōg, n.

noun

n. [Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggage, rank grass, L. Lat. fogagium, W. fŭg, dry grass.] (Agric.) (a.) A second growth of grass; after-grass. (b.) Long grass that remains in pastures till winter; — sometimes called, in New England, old tore.

Fōg, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FOGGED; p. pr. & vb. n. FOGGING.] To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken.

Fōg, v. t.

verbtransitive

(Agr.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or after-grass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Fōg, v. i.

verbintransitive

[Prov. Eng. fog, to take cattle out of pastures in the autumn, to hunt in a servile manner, to flatter for gain, from fog, after-grass. See supra.] To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog; to practice low arts. [Obs.] Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee? Dryden.