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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BO, Bod, n.² A submerged rock. [bo:(d)]Sc. 1875 W. A. Smith Lewsiana 99:
The rugged, dangerous, rocky coast beset with sunken “boes.”Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Bo, Bod, in place-names most often = ba, a sunken rock, e.g.: de Bo, a sunken rock at Foula; de Bod; de Bods. Sometimes also as a name for small low-lying rocks on the sea-shore, fishing rocks: de Nort'-, Mid-and Sooth Bod.