Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bog
Bog
bog
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 deciduous shrub, Myrica gale, which grows in damp open places and has short upright catkins and aromatic grey-green leaves: also called sweet-gale (see GALE(2)). bog oak an ancient oak which has been preserved in a black state in peat. bog spavin see SPAVIN. bog-trotter sl. derog. an Irishman. Derivatives boggy adj. (boggier, boggiest). bogginess n. Etymology: Ir. or Gael. bogach f. bog soft
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I. noun see: bow Date: 14th century wet spongy ground, ~gy adjective II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1599 transitive verb to cause to sink into or as if into a ~ ; impede, mire, intransitive verb to become impeded or stuck, III. noun Etymology: short for ~house, from British argot ~ to defecate Date: circa 1789 lavatory 2 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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