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111bog — [13] Bog is of Gaelic origin. It comes from bogach ‘bog’, which was a derivative of the adjective bog ‘soft’. A possible link between Gaelic bog and Old English būgan ‘bend’ (source of modern English bow) has been suggested. The British slang use …
112bog — n. & v. n. 1 a wet spongy ground. b a stretch of such ground. 2 Brit. sl. a lavatory. v.tr. (bogged, bogging) (foll. by down; usu. in passive) impede (was bogged down by difficulties). Phrases and idioms: bog bean = BUCKBEAN. bog myrtle a… …
113Bog iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… …
114bog — I. noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Scottish Gaelic & Irish bog (as in bogluachair bulrushes), from bog marshy, literally, soft, from Middle Irish bocc; probably akin to Old English būgan to bend more at bow Date: 14th century wet… …
115Bog lemming — Taxobox name = Bog lemmings fossil range = Early Pliocene Recent image caption=Southern bog lemming regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Cricetidae subfamilia = Arvicolinae genus = Synaptomys genus… …
116Bog River — The Bog River, also called the Bog River Flow is a convert|18|mi|km|sing=on river that originates near the sources of the Oswegatchie River, in Hamilton County, New York in the Adirondacks, and flows through Lows Lake and Hitchens Pond, ending at …
117Bog — Recorded in a number of spellings including: Boag, Boig, Boik, Bog, Boog, and Book, this is a Scottish surname is some antiquity. It is apparently locational or at least residential, and may originate from the lands of Boak in the parish of… …
118bog — bog1 [ bɔg ] noun 1. ) count or uncount an area of ground that is always very wet and soft 2. ) count BRITISH INFORMAL a toilet bog bog 2 [ bag ] verb ,bog down phrasal verb transitive usually passive 1. ) to be or become stuck in soft wet ground …
119bog — 1) n British a mess, disaster. The word occurs in the phrase make a bog of (something) , popular in the 1980s. 2) See bogs 3) bog (up) vb British a. to make a mess of, spoil. Usually heard in the form bog it or bog it up . A term especially… …
120Bog-laurel — Taxobox name = Bog laurel image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Kalmia species = K. polifolia binomial = Kalmia polifolia binomial authority = Wangenh.… …
