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Definition of Mirages
1. mirage [n] - See also: mirage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirages
Literary usage of Mirages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belden, the White Chief: Or, Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains by George Pfauts Belden (1875)
"These mirages often deceive the weary traveler of the desert Suddenly the horseman
sees a river or lake, apparently, jus< ahead of him, and he rides on and ..."
2. On the Border with Crook by John Gregory Bourke (1892)
"... MOVEMENTS AGAINST THE APACHES—THE SCOUTS— mirages—THE FLORAL WEALTH OF
ARIZONA—RUNNING IN UPON THE HOSTILE APACHES—AN ADVENTURE WITH BEARS —CROOK'S TALK ..."
3. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"STORMS, mirages, DESERT ILLUSIONS, AND TEMPERATURES [HE Colorado Desert is no
exception to other deserts in its liability to storms. ..."
4. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"mirages. — Dust whirlwinds. — Difference between convection hi liquids and
gases.— Change of temperature in vertical currents. — Conditions of local con- ..."
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