BOG

bog. Bog, n. a marsh, fen, morass, soft or wet ground

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Bog (�), n. [[Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]] 1. 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. R. Jago. 2. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
Bog bean. See Buck bean. — Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. — Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. — Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. P. Cyc. — Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. — Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. — Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. — Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. — Bog spavin. See under Spavin.