Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chilly, piercing fog or mist arising from the sea.
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Examples
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"'Acause it's sea-haar, and you can't make nowt else on it, sir!"
Cutlass and Cudgel George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Won't be long, sir; and then all this sea-haar will go."
Cutlass and Cudgel George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Re'glar sea-haar." [sea-fog -- mist from the German Ocean.] "Take those eggs up to mother, Tom," said Dick imperatively.
Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp George Manville Fenn 1870
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