Fog
(Fog) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fogged (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fogging ] To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to
overcast; to darken; to obscure.
Fog
(Fog) v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes
does in the process of development.
Foge
(Foge) n. The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin. Raymond
Fo'gey
(Fo'gey) n. See Fogy.
Fog'gage
(Fog'gage) n. (Agric.) See 1st Fog.
Fog'ger
(Fog'ger) n. One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]
A beggarly fogger.
Terence in English(1614) Foggily
(Fog"gi*ly) adv. In a foggy manner; obscurely. Johnson.
Fogginess
(Fog"gi*ness) n. The state of being foggy. Johnson.
Foggy
(Fog"gy) a. [Compar. Foggier ; superl. Foggiest.] [From 4th Fog.]
1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.
Shak.
2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit.
Hayward. Fogie
(Fo"gie) n. See Fogy.
Fogless
(Fog"less) a. Without fog; clear. Kane.
Fogy
(Fo"gy) n.; pl. Fogies A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; —
usually preceded by old. [Written also fogie and fogey.] [Colloq.]
Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.
Thackeray. The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded
as a diminutive of folk It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as "an invalid or garrison
soldier," and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies'
Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. Sir F.
Head.
Fogyism
(Fo"gy*ism) n. The principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]
Foh
(Foh) interj. [Cf. Faugh.] An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fie. Shak.
Fohist
(Fo"hist) n. A Buddhist priest. See Fo.
Foible
(Foi"ble) a. [OF. foible. See Feeble.] Weak; feeble. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.
Foible
(Foi"ble) n.
