Word Finder - bog

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An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.

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Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.

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The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.

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A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.

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An act or instance of defecation.

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A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

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(now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.

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To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.

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(now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.

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To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

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(originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.

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(originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.

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To make a mess of something.

The Bog of Allen has a general elevation of 250 ft.

Towards Charlemont there is much reclaimable bog resting on a limestone substratum.

Bog ores were mined until about 1840; since that date they have had no market.

The railway ultimately was made to float on the bog.

But presently the traveller's horse sank in up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, "I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom."

Grapes are grown on the mountain sides, cranberries on the bog lands near the coast, and nuts in the S.E.

Clane Bog, the eastern extremity, is within 17 m.

The eastern portion of the county is generally of a light friable soil; the southern portion rocky and barren, with but little bog except in the neighbourhood of Newtown-Hamilton.

Bog Xerophytes live in the peaty soil of fens and moors which are physically wet, but which are said to be physiologically dry.

Iron is widely diffused, principally in the form of magnetite, brown haematite, limonite and bog iron.

In July, bog asphodel carpets the ground in places.

Bog iron was early found in Braintree, and iron-works, among the first in America, were established here in 1644.

Schmidt xanthosiderite, from 1'avOos (yellow) and otSnpos (iron), contains Fe 2 0(OH) 4, or Fe 2 0 3.2H 2 O; whilst the bog ore known as limnite, from At vn (marsh) has the formula Fe(OH) 3, or Fe203.3H20.

A moist or rather a shady border, or a section of the pleasure ground supplied with bog earth, may be devoted to what is called the " American Garden," which, as it includes.

The popular name of a plant, also known as the sweet gale or gaul, sweet willow, bog or Dutch myrtle.

The most fertile soil is found in the valleys of the Pregel and the Memel, but the southern slopes of the Baltic plateau and the district to the north of the Memel consist in great part of sterile moor, sand and bog.

Uncommon species present include cranberry, bog sedge and white sedge.

Buried in a peat bog on the Pennines, his sleep was disturbed by peat diggers.

Both are pretty for the rock or bog garden.

As the former are only active in the air while the latter are anaerobic, the activity of either agent is conditioned by variation in the water level of the bog.

About 83 fathoms further west the Bog shaft is drained by the same adit " .

White bog cotton and yellow bog asphodel add beauty throughout the summer.

The bogs support unusual plants species such as the insectivorous sundews and pale butterwort, the showy bog asphodel and early marsh orchid.

We then climb away from the coast to the Garron Plateau -- the largest area of intact blanket bog in Northern Ireland.

They have also been chosen to augment Active raised bog examples in areas where lowland bog is or has been particularly frequent.

The immediate effect of this is rather like stepping straight from a glorious, sunlit, flower-filled meadow into a treacherous bog.

Recent peat stratigraphy shows evidence of a history of wooded bog on this site.

Flushes on the acidic Barden and Blubberhouses moors are home to bog pimpernel and bog pondweed.

Woodland established on cut-over bog is a major contribution to the limited woodland area.

The heather brash is then applied onto the worst eroded areas of blanket bog.

Across the road from the highest point of the mountain, a narrow footpath leads down into a small sphagnum moss bog.

A valley bog is distinguished by having an identifiable water flow as, for example, at Pettypool SSSI.

Other species found locally in the bogs include bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus, particularly on the higher ground.

They have also started trial brewing at their own Old Bog Brewery.

The extraction and use of bog and red spring ores reflects not only technological but also cultural practices.

Marginal peat cutting has extended around most of the bog.

The NNR covers an entire drainage basin and is unique in having a Y-shaped bog system which includes both acid and alkaline drainage systems.

A large, relatively intact lowland raised bog forming a distinct peatland unit set among low drumlins.

A small area of lagg fen lies around the edge of the bog.

Garry Bog is a flat area of farmland, carr, raised bog and coniferous forestry which includes the large straight edged Garry Wood.

Local plants include common heather, bell heather, cross-leaved heath, bog asphodel, sundews and marsh gentian.

The bog also provides habitats for upland birds, with the Greenland white-fronted goose being of particular note.

Local guides will map a hike through bog moss and ling heather or outfit you for a day of angling for Scottish salmon.

The bog area has wetland plants including hemp agrimony, purple loosestrife, bullrush and yellow flag.

Landscape Key Characteristics Rolling drumlins with broad areas of wetland and bog in inter-drumlin hollows; small rounded loughs are fringed by moss.

Nearby, between reeds and bog bean, was growing the marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre that can grow up to 60 cm tall.

It is thought likely that adjacent works affect the hydrology of the bog.

These old hand cuttings provide additional habitat diversity and are an integral part of the natural hydrology of the bog.

The Bog Standard campaign aims to highlight the importance of access to decent hygiene facilities.

In the wettest reaches of Bodmin moor, sphagnum or bog moss can be found.