Bog

n. [Ir. & Gael. bog, soft, tender, moist, Ir. bogach and boglach, bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan and bolach, quagmire; Fr. bouge, a muddy, miry place.] 1. A quagmire covered with grass or other plants; a marsh; a morass. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Or treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, in marshes and swamps, filled with roots and grass. [Local, U. S.]