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vapory

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va·por·y  (vp-r)
adj.
Vaporous.
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But lazily undulating in the trough of the sea, and ever and anon tranquilly spouting his vapory jet, the whale looked like a portly burgher smoking his pipe of a warm afternoon.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
For even when coming into slight contact with the outer, vapory shreds of the jet, which will often happen, your skin will feverishly smart, from the acridness of the thing so touching it.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Her rays, no longer filtered through the vapory atmosphere of the terrestrial globe, shone through the glass, filling the air in the interior of the projectile with silvery reflections.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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