peat-bog

  • 31peat moss — noun 1》 a large absorbent moss which grows in dense masses on boggy ground. [Genus Sphagnum.] 2》 a peat bog …

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  • 32peat — noun 1 (U) a substance formed from decaying plants under the surface of the ground in some areas, which can be burned instead of coal, or mixed with soil to help plants grow well: a peat bog 2 (C) a piece of this used for burning on a fire peaty… …

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  • 33bog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. swamp, morass, quagmire, marsh, fen. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. marsh, lowland, peat bog; see swamp . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. marsh, quag, mire, fen, swamp, quagmire, slough, morass …

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  • 34Bog-wood — and boulders at the Stumpy Knowe near South Auchenmade. Bog wood, also known as morta[citation needed] is wood from trees that have been buried in peat bogs …

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  • 35bog — og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink;… …

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  • 36Bog bean — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 37Bog blitter — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 38Bog bluiter — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 39Bog bumper — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 40Bog butter — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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