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Definition of Sundog
1. Noun. A bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals. "Two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
Generic synonyms: Dapple, Fleck, Maculation, Patch, Speckle, Spot
Derivative terms: Parhelic
Definition of Sundog
1. n. A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
2. n. A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also dog and weathergaw.
Definition of Sundog
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sun dog) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sundog
1. a small rainbow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sundog
Literary usage of Sundog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Labrador: A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History by Winfrid Alden Stearns (1884)
"The weather — Beluga borealis and other huge Animals — A sundog — Birds — The
Rusty Blackbird ... sundog ..."
2. Labrador: A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History by Winfrid Alden Stearns (1884)
"The weather — Beluga borealis and other huge Animals — A sundog— Birds—The Rusty
Blackbird ... sundog ..."
3. Poems Obiter by Robert Elijah Lee Smith (1914)
"THE sundog Talkin' of weather! The sundog An' pollywog Pullin' together Spell
the whole thing; Give Old Prob. Odds on the job An' skin the ring. ..."
4. Poems by Thomas William Parsons (1893)
"Of those who, dazzled by some sundog's ray. "sundog"is a word hardly known in
England; but in New England is applied to the luminous counterfeit of the sun ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"For some time before the sun neared the horizon it had been surrounded by a halo
of rainbow colours—a " sundog," as it is called, which always presages wind ..."
6. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris (1877)
"... yet bright his visage glowed : Cloud-blue was the hood upon him, and his kirtle
gleaming-grey As the latter morning sundog when the storm is on the way: ..."
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