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bog moss

noun



bog moss

noun

  1. another name for peat moss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bog moss1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

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Though it’s rumored that some Vikings might have used bog moss, for instance, it’s unconfirmed by historical records.

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The tanning properties of bog moss do the rest.

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After he was gone, the woman’s friends brought in a stroker, who rubbed the nurse with bog moss, and then threw a bucket of bogwater over her in bed.

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The growth of bog moss has played a large part in the formation of peat.

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A peat bog is composed of a mass of vegetable matter, chiefly bog moss, which for centuries has been growing and accumulating on the spot.

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