The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fog \Fog\ (f[o^]g), n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj[=u]k snowstorm, fj[=u]ka to drift.]
Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.
A state of mental confusion.
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(Photog.) Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of a developed film or a photograph which should be clear.
Fog alarm, Fog bell, Fog horn, etc., a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather.
Fog bank, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land.
Fog ring, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.
Usage examples of "fog bell".
It was a weary vigil, and whenever he dozed off, he was awakened with a start by the clamour of the fog bell.
The first Bishop lighthouse had been swept away before its building was finished, and though the second stood, a fog bell weighing no less than a ton, and fixed ninety feet above the water, had been lifted from its fittings by a single wave, and tossed like a tennis-ball into the sea.