Bœ*o"tian (&?;), a. [L. Boeotia, Gr. &?;, noted for its moist, thick atmosphere, and the dullness and stupidity of its inhabitants.] Of or pertaining to Bœotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n. A native of Bœotia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.
||Boer (&?;), n. [D., a farmer. See Boor.] A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.
Bo"es (&?;), 3d sing. pr. of Behove. Behoves or behooves. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bog (&?;), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]
1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit,
Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread.
R. Jago.
2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.]
Bog bean. See Buck bean. -- Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] -- Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. -- Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. P. Cyc. -- Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. -- Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. -- Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. -- Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. -- Bog spavin. See under Spavin.
Bog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bogged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bogging.] To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
At another time, he was bogged up to the middle in the slough of Lochend.
Sir W. Scott.
Bog"ber`ry (&?;), n. (Bot.) The small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), which grows in boggy places.
Bo"gey (&?;), n. A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.