Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any signal made in foggy weather to prevent danger to ships or railroad-trains by collision or otherwise.
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Examples
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When he looked at his watch, it was half-past three in the morning, and the fog-signal was still hooting into the night.
Maigret and the Old Lady Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1951
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Works, under the guidance of Prof. Henry, at the instance and for the use of the United States Lighthouse Establishment, which also adopted it for use as a fog-signal.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various
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And it is conceded that Mr. C.L. Daboll, under the direction of Prof. Henry, and at the instance of the United States L.ghthouse Board, first practically used it as a fog-signal by erecting one for use at Beaver Tail
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various
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_ -- It appears from the evidence given in 1845, before the select committee raised by the English House of Commons, that the use of the locomotive-whistle as a fog-signal was first suggested by Mr.A. Gordon, C.E., who proposed to use air or steam for sounding it, and to place it in the focus of a reflector, or a group of reflectors, to concentrate its sounds into a powerful phonic beam.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various
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He could not hear the lighthouse fog-signal at all, now, and the waves were much bigger under the boat.
The Happy Venture Edith Ballinger Price 1947
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Japanese auxiliary cruiser _Pelung Maru_, for example, being taken for a fog-signal, nevertheless an annoying surprise awaited the enemy elsewhere.
Banzai! by Parabellum Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff 1903
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The whistling of the fog-signal, which had now become almost constant, vanquished at length his inclination toward slumber.
The Philistines Arlo Bates 1884
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A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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