After hopelessly Befogging herself, she turned to that portion of Colenso's engaging work which is most palpitating with actuality: "If ten Surrey laborers, in mowing a field of forty acres, drink twenty-three quarts of beer, how much cider will thirteen Devonshire laborers consume in building a stone wall of thirteen roods four poles in length, and four feet six in height?"
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
When he had stirred Driscoll out of his dejection enough to make him want to fight, he deigned to clear the atmosphere of that Befogging downpour in Texas.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
He remained silent a moment, as if struggling to clear his heavy head of Befogging weights.
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson