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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1908-1935

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BOG, v.1 [bog, bɔg]

1. Of liquid in gen.: to flow, to spurt out.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
De water, matter or blood boget (stood bogin) ut.
Abd.2 1935

2. Used particularly of the sound made by water squelching in wet shoes.Sh.7 1935:
My feet wir dat weet 'at da water wis bogin trou da pyeholes [eyelets] o' my buits.
Mry.1 1925:
Ma feet are fair bogin.

[Cf. Norw. boga, to bend; O.N. blōðbogi, a jet of blood. Icel. bogi, curve, cogn. with O.E. būgan, to bend. Cf. also Gael. bog, soft, moist.]

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