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Webster 1828 Edition


Fogbank

FOG'BANK

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Noun.
At sea, an appearance in hazy weather sometimes resembling land at a distance, but which vanishes as it is approached.

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fogbank

fogbank

See also: fog bank

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fogbank (plural fogbanks)

  1. A bank of fog.
    • 2008 April 9, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Ving, Vang, Vong. Or, the Pleasures of a New Vocabulary.”, in New York Times:
      I realize that I’ve spent most of my life happily sailing into fogbanks of specialized language.

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