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  • 41Bog moss — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 42Bog myrtle — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 43Bog ore — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 44Bog rush — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 45Bog spavin — bog og (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to… …

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  • 46Cooling — Cool ing, p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. The cooling brook. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] {Cooling card}, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] {Cooling time} (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the… …

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  • 47Cooling card — Cooling Cool ing, p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. The cooling brook. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] {Cooling card}, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] {Cooling time} (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances …

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  • 48Cooling time — Cooling Cool ing, p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. The cooling brook. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] {Cooling card}, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] {Cooling time} (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances …

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  • 49Defervescence — De fer*ves cence, Defervescency De fer*ves cency, n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. [1913 Webster] A defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The… …

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  • 50Defervescency — Defervescence De fer*ves cence, Defervescency De fer*ves cency, n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. [1913 Webster] A defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]… …

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