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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1908

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BOG, n.2 (See quot.) [bɔg]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Bog, cross-sea; rough sea with short, choppy waves breaking against each other, really “rooting up”; der'r a b[og] i' de sea.

[O.N. bauka, to dig (Zoëga); Norse bauka, boka, id. (Torp). For change of k to g see Jak., Intro., p. lv.]

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