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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bog-sclent, v. [Bog n. Cf. the quot. from Colvil there.] tr. To take an oblique course, to sheer off. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 84.
Some … still bogg-sclented, when they yoaked
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