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Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland.

A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimes seen in fog, etc.

The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin. Raymond

See Fogy.

See 1st Fog.

One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.] A beggarly fogger. Terence in English(1614)

In a foggy manner; obscurely. Johnson.

The state of being foggy. Johnson.

Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.

See Fogy.

Without fog; clear. Kane.

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 principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]

To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.

a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. "He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis." S. Butler.

in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer. A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay.

The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles. Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow.

Pettifoggery.

To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks. De Quincey.