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Webster 1913 Edition


Bog

Bog

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bogged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bogging
.]
To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
At another time, he was
bogged
up to the middle in the slough of Lochend.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bog

BOG

,
Noun.
1.
A quagmire covered with grass or other plants. It is defined by marsh, and morass, but differs from a marsh, as a part from the whole. Wet grounds are bogs, which are the softest and too soft to bear a man; marshes or fens, which are less soft, but very wet; and swamps, which are soft spongy land,upon the surface,but sustain man and beast, and are often mowed.
2.
A little elevated spot or clump of earth, in marshes and swamps, filled with roots and grass. [This is a common use of the word in New England.]

BOG

,
Verb.
T.
To whelm or plunge, as in mud and mire.

Definition 2024


Bóg

Bóg

See also: bog, Bog, BOG, bóg, bög, bőg, bog-, and Appendix:Variations of "bog"

Polish

Proper noun

Bóg m

  1. God (single god of monotheism)

Declension

Derived terms

bóg

bóg

See also: bog, Bog, BOG, Bóg, bög, bőg, bog-, and Appendix:Variations of "bog"

Kashubian

Noun

bóg m

  1. god

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

bóg m pers (diminutive bożek, feminine bogini)

  1. god

Declension

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