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boggard
▪ I. boggard1, -art (ˈbɒgəd, -ət) Also 6 buggard, 8 bag-. [A word in popular use in Westmoreland, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, and the north midlands, and of occasional appearance in literature since c 1570. Evidently related to boggle, bogle, and bog n.2: if the status of the last-named were mo...
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Boggart
Boggard Lane, between the villages of Oughtibridge and Worrall in South Yorkshire, is generally believed to derive from the term "boggart".
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buggart
† ˈbuggard, buggart Obs. or dial. [a variant of boggard, the form of which suggests formation from bugge, bug n.1 (Still used in Cheshire.)] A boggard, a bogy.1575 Hist. Troubles Frankfort (1642) 136 They two..may not be..such buggards to the poore if they may not beare the bagge alone. 1865 M. R. L...
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bog-house
ˈbog-house dial. and vulgar. [see boggard2.] A privy, ‘a house of office’ J. So bog-shop.1666 R. Head Eng. Rogue x. 85 Fearing I should catch cold, they out of pitty covered me warm in a Bogg-house. 1705 Hickeringill Priest-Cr. ii. v. 48 The Jaques, the Bog-house or House of Office. c 1714 Arbuthnot...
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bogle
bogle (ˈbəʊg(ə)l) Forms: 5–6 bogil(l, 7 bogell, 8– bogle; 7–9 north. Eng. boggle. [Of the various names bogle, boggard, bogy, applied to a goblin, bogle is the earliest known, being common in Scottish literature since 1500. In the present century its use by Burns, Scott, Hogg, and others has introdu...
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booger
▪ I. booger, n.1 colloq. (now chiefly U.S.). Brit. /ˈbʊgə/, U.S. /ˈbʊgər/ Forms: 17– booger, 18– boogar [Probably a variant or euphemistic alteration of bugger n.1] A worthless or despicable man; (also in weakened use) a fellow, a chap; a mischievous child, a rascal, a scamp. Chiefly with modifying ...
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bull-beggar
† ˈbull-beggar Obs. [See prec. As the obvious combination bull + beggar does not appear to yield a suitable sense, it is generally assumed that there must have been some alteration under the influence of ‘popular etymology’, e.g. that it is a (further) alteration of bull-bear; or that the second ele...
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bogy
▪ I. bogy1, bogey (ˈbəʊgɪ) Also boguey, bogie. Pl. bogies. [Found in literature only recently; old people vouched (1887) for its use in the nursery as early as 1825, but only as proper name (sense 1). Possibly a southern nursery form of bogle, boggle, and boggard, or going back like them to a simple...
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bog
▪ I. bog, n.1 (bɒg) Forms: 6–7 bogg, bogge, 7 boghe, 6– bog. [ad. Ir. or Gael. bogach a bog, f. bog soft, used in composition in the sense of ‘bog’, as bog-luachair bulrush. In Scotland apparently from Gaelic, in England from Irish.] I. 1. a. A piece of wet spongy ground, consisting chiefly of decay...
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fray
▪ I. fray, n.1 (freɪ) Also 6 frai(e, 7 frey. [aphetic f. affray, effray. Cf. fray v.1] 1. A feeling of fear; alarm, fright, terror. Also in phrase to take a or the fray. Cf. affray n. 2. Obs. exc. Sc.c 1340 Cursor M. 4775 (Trin.) Whenne iacob was moost in fray God him coumfortide. 1398 Trevisa Barth...
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clear
▪ I. clear, a., adv., and n. (klɪə(r)) Forms: 3–5 cler, (4 clier, clyre, clyer), 4–7 clere, 4–8 cleer, 5–7 cleere, (5 clure, 6 cleir, clar), 6–7 cleare, (8–9 dial. clair), 6– clear. [ME. cler, a. OF. cler (11–16th c.; 14th– clair), corresp. to Pr. clar, Sp. claro, It. chiaro:—L. clār-um bright, clea...
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