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Foghorn

noun
1.
A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships.  Synonym: fogsignal.
2.
A warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone.





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"Foghorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... seemed inadequate, silly. Lately he had become familiar with the sonorous foghorn, and besides, he was not a woodsman and knew nothing of the penetration of the thin, vibrant signal. When the sailors should come, he would take the troublesome fellow to the commander of the garrison on the hill. But then a weight fell on him from behind, and uncleanliness and garlic ...
— The Missourian • Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
... bell the mist had grown denser, and the Mate sung out sudden and angrily for the foghorn to be sounded. ...
— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone


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