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Mock sun   /mɑk sən/   Listen
Mock sun

noun
1.
A bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.  Synonyms: parhelion, sundog.






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"Mock sun" Quotes from Famous Books



... seemed to her a fearful place since Mabilla had been brought into it. There were signs everywhere. That summer it thundered out of a clear sky. Once in the early morning she had seen a bright light above the sun—a mock sun which shone more fiercely than a fire in daylight. She heard wild voices singing; on still days she saw the trees in Knapp Forest bent to a furious wind. When Mabilla crept up the fell on noiseless feet to spy for Andrew King, Bessie Prawle heard the bents hiss ...
— Lore of Proserpine • Maurice Hewlett



Words linked to "Mock sun" :   speckle, dapple, parhelion, patch, fleck, sundog, maculation, spot



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