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Definition of Foghorns
1. foghorn [n] - See also: foghorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foghorns
Literary usage of Foghorns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Book of World Law: A Compilation of the International Conventions by Raymond Landon Bridgman (1911)
"All steam whistles, sirens, foghorns, and bells should be thoroughly tested as
to their efficiency, and should be capable of being heard at a stated minimum ..."
2. Some Naval Yarns by Mordaunt Hall (1917)
"This air is used for blowing the foghorns, and when they sound everybody in the
locality knows it. "Enough air is stored in those tanks," declared Mr. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"This is accomplished in various ways, principally by foghorns and syrens on the
... Of foghorns, it need simply be said that they consist of a brass trumpet ..."
4. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"Now imagine that there is astern another vessel or two vessels, and they are
blowing their foghorns, a long blast and two short blasts. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"In sound some of his most interesting work, that on the laws governing the
audibility of foghorns and other signals in thick weather, was done as scientific ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... audibility of foghorns and other signals in thick weather, was done as scientific
adviser to the Trinity Board, a position in which he succeeded his ..."
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