Bog

bog, n. soft ground: a marsh or quagmire.— v.t. to sink or to entangle.— n. Bog′-butt′er , a mineral substance, resembling butter, found in Irish bogs.— adj. Bogg′y .— ns. Bog′let , Bog′land ; Bog′-mo , a genus of mo plants; Bog′-oak , trunks of oak embedded in bogs and preserved from decay—of a deep black colour, often used for making ornaments; Bog′-ore , a kind of iron ore found in boggy land; Bog′-spav′in , a lesion of the hock-joint of the horse, consisting in distension of the capsule enclosing the joint, usually arising suddenly from a sprain in action; Bog′-trot′ter , one who lives in a boggy country, hence an Irish man. [Ir. bogach ; Gael. bog , soft.]