Meaning of fog mull | Babel Free

Definitions

A dense, heavy, and stationary fogbank.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Charlie and Joe set off, followed by Captain Rhines and the others. So large an accession of force enabled them to shingle the barn, and give the roof a coat of fish-oil, tar, red ochre, and brimstone, before the fog mull was over.”

“"This 'ere fog mull may hang on for a week or ten days, an' since I've been on the ledge I've known the smother to last a full two weeks without liftin' enough to show a man the end of his own nose. It stands to reason we can't hail any craft that we ain't able to see.”

“A little fog didn't hurt. It was when there was a long fog mull that she, like the others, hated it; yet it was not quite hate on Joanna's part, for she walked in the fog every day, as long as it lasted, and took a guilty pleasure in it when she knew the men were cursing it.”

“The fog mulls of summer were gone. The day was blue and gold and bright with a light that filled sky and sea, glinting through air clear as glass.”

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