Meaning of sun-dog | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“December […] the 28th [1714], the Sun being an Hour high, appeared a Sun-Dog or Parhelion, the Sky full of flying Clouds.”

“Sun-dogs, called Mock Suns, becauſe they reſemble the ſun, are tvvo ſpots that frequently appear⟳ in a cloud vvhen the ſun ſhines through it, and vvhen he is about 15 to 20 degrees above the horizon. […] One is ſituated on the north, and the other on the ſouth ſide of the ſun. The refraction and reflection of the rays of light⟳ are the cauſe of theſe phænomena.”

“The good fog heard—like⟳ a splitten sail⟳, to the left and right she tore, / And they saw⟳ the sun-dogs in the haze and the seal upon the shore.”

“Sometimes it is clear, and at midday the sun looks at us for a moment over the hills to the south. The northern lights flame in the sky, and the sun-dogs dance⟳, and the air is filled with frost-dust.”

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