Part 1246

<i>Bp. Porteus.</i>

<h1>B\'d2otian</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>B\'d2*o"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Boeotia</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, noted for its moist, thick atmosphere, and the dullness and stupidity of its inhabitants.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to B\'d2otia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of B\'d2otia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.</def></def2>

<h1>Boer</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Boer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D., a farmer. See <er>Boor</er>.]</ety> <def>A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.</def>

<h1>Boes</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo"es</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>3d sing. pr.</tt> of <er>Behove</er>. <def>Behoves or behooves.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bog</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bog</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. & Gael. <ets>bog</ets> soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. <ets>bogan</ets> quagmire.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Appalled with thoughts of <b>bog</b>, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. <i>R. Jago.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Bog bean</col>. <cd>See <er>Buck bean</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Bog bumper</col> (bump, to make a loud noise), <col>Bog blitter</col>, <col>Bog bluiter</col>, <col>Bog jumper</col></mcol>, <cd>the bittern.</cd> <mark>[Prov.]</mark> -- <col>Bog butter</col>, <cd>a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland.</cd> -- <col>Bog earth</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. <i>P. Cyc</i>.</cd> -- <col>Bog moss</col>. <cd><fld>(Bot.)</fld> Same as <er>Sphagnum</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bog myrtle</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the sweet gale.</cd> -- <col>Bog ore</col>. <cd><fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. <sd>(b)</sd> Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.</cd> -- <col>Bog rush</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.</cd> -- <col>Bog spavin</col>. <cd>See under <er>Spavin</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bog</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bog</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bogged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bogging</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.</def>

<blockquote>At another time, he was <b>bogged</b> up to the middle in the slough of Lochend. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bogberry</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bog"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The small cranberry (<spn>Vaccinium oxycoccus</spn>), which grows in boggy places.</def>

<h1>Bogey</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo"gey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A goblin; a bugbear. See <er>Bogy</er>.</def>

<h1>Boggard</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bog"gard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bogey.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Boggle</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bog"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Boggled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Boggling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[ See <er>Bogle</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.</def>

<blockquote>We start and <b>boggle</b> at every unusual appearance. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Boggling</b> at nothing which serveth their purpose. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.</def>