Any one who lives among marshy moors, but generally applied to the Emeralders.
One that lives in a boggy country. A derisive epithet applied to Irishmen. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The same. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches. II. Trotter ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. II. Bog ·vt ...
A marsh, or a tract of land, which from its form and impermeable bottom retains stagnant water. (See...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An Irishman; Ireland being famous for its large bogs, which furnish the chief fuel in many parts of ...
The necessary house. To go to bog; to go to stool. ...
Barbarous Latin. Irish.--See dog latin, and apothecaries latin. ...
A northern name for the bittern, from its habit of thrusting its bill into marshy places. ...