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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