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11Bog snorkelling — is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a 60 yard (55 m) water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers, and complete the… …
12Bog (disambiguation) — Bog or bogs can refer to any of the following:General* Bog, a wetland of mosses or lichens over waterlogged peat * Bog, British slang for toilet * sl. Bog (Cyrillic sl. Бог), the word for a god in many Slavic languages * Bog spavin or boggy hock …
13Bog butter — refers to an ancient waxy substance found buried in peat bogs, particularly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland. Likely an old method of making and preserving butter, some tested lumps of bog butter were made of dairy products while others were… …
14peat bed — peat bank, peat bed, peat bog, peatˈland, peat moor or peat moss noun 1. A region, bog, moor, etc, covered with peat 2. A place from which peat is dug • • • Main Entry: ↑peat …
15peat moss — n. 1. any moss which forms peat, esp. sphagnum 2. any peat composed of residues of mosses, used chiefly as mulch 3. [Brit. Dial.] a peat bog …
16peat-hag — peatˈ hag or peatˈ hagg noun A hag in a peat bog (see ↑hag2) • • • Main Entry: ↑peat …
17peat-hagg — peatˈ hag or peatˈ hagg noun A hag in a peat bog (see ↑hag2) • • • Main Entry: ↑peat …
18peat moss — peat′ moss n. 1) pln any moss, esp. of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form 2) such moss when dried, used chiefly as a mulch or seedbed • Etymology: 1870–80; cf. ME petemos (in place name) peat bog …
19Bog — A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material ndash; usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates.Bogs occur where the water at the ground surface is acidic, either from acidic ground water …
20Bog body — Tollund Man lived in the 4th century BCE. Bog bodies, which are also known as bog people, are the naturally preserved human corpses found in the sphagnum bogs in Northern Europe. Unlike most ancient human remains, bog bodies have retained… …
