Sir W. Scott

Fú"tal (?), a. Same as Fetal.

Fú*ta"tion (?), n. Same as Fetation.

Fú"ti*cide (?), n. Same as Feticide.

Fú"tor (?), n. Same as Fetor.

Fú"tus (?), n. Same as Fetus.

Fog (fg), n. [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggage rank grass, LL.

fogagium, W. ffwg dry grass.] (Agric.) (a) A second growth of grass;

aftergrass. (b) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the

winter; -- called also foggage. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell. Sometimes

called, in New England, old tore. In Scotland, fog is a general name

for moss.

Fog v. t. (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to

eat off the fog from.

Fog v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To practice in a small or mean way; to

pettifog. [Obs.]

Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?

Dryden.

Fog n. [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow,

cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fjk snowstorm, fjka to drift.] 1.

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.

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