bogmoss (bogmos)

Peat-mo . See Sphag num . bog-oak (bog'ōk), n. Trunks and large branches of oak found embedded in bogs and preserved by the antiseptic properties of peat. It is of a shining black or ebony color, or of a deep greenish-gray, mottled and shading into black, derived from its impregnation with iron, and is frequently converted into ornamental pieces of furniture and smaller ornaments, as brooches, ear-rings, etc. Also called bog - wood , [A farmer says:] "I don't git much done 'thout I bogue right in along 'th my men." Quoted by Lowell , Biglow Papers, 2d ser., Int.