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fog scoffer

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a phenomenon resembling a rainbow, occurring in a fog about to dissipate.

See: fog-eater

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1748

Our Sailors fancy, that these drive away the Fogs, and have therefore bestowed on them the Name of Fog Scoffers; whereas in reality that are the last remnants of the Fog, that by a Reverberation of the Sun Beams, produce these Appearances.