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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A frozen fog, formed in the coldest weather in the mountain valleys of Idaho, Nevada, and Colorado. When inhaled it often produces severe pulmonary trouble.

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  • noun A ice fog which forms in valleys in the Western United States.

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  • noun a dense winter fog containing ice particles

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Shoshone pakenappeh.]

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From Shoshone paγinappih ("thunder cloud") or a related word.

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