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quaking bog

quaking bog noun: a type of floating bog in which vegetation forms a floating mat on the surface of water or above very wet peat, which moves (or quakes) when walked upon.

Noun

quaking bog (plural quaking bogs)

  1. A type of floating bog in which vegetation forms a floating mat on the surface of water or above very wet peat, which moves (or quakes) when walked upon.
    • The turf hardens by degrees , but is still stringy when broken, and at length becomes the red turf employed as fuel. The production of the quaking bogs is as follows : […]1821, Sir Richard Phillips, The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Described According to the Latest and Best Authorities, page 235
    • […] the naturalists attribute this mysterious movement to the isostatic dynamics of the quaking bog itself: their very footfall has created a rippling dynamic through the liquidity of the peat, which disturbed the distant vegetation. Yet even for these scientists, as Meredith (2002: 319) notes...2020 December 15, Melanie Giles, Bog bodies: Face to face with the past, Manchester University Press, →ISBN

quaking bog meaning in Tamil

quaking bog in Tamil

நடுங்குஞ் சதுப்பு நிலம்

Forms of quaking bog

pluralquaking bogs

Questions about quaking bog

What does quaking bog mean?
Quaking bog means a type of floating bog in which vegetation forms a floating mat on the surface of water or above very wet peat, which moves (or quakes) when walked upon.
What is quaking bog in Tamil?
Quaking bog in Tamil is நடுங்குஞ் சதுப்பு நிலம். See Quaking bog meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quaking bog?
Quaking bog is a noun.
What is the plural of quaking bog?
The plural of quaking bog is quaking bogs.

Words near quaking bog in the dictionary

  1. quaking
  2. quaking asp
  3. quaking aspen
  4. quaking aspens
  5. quaking asps
  6. quaking bog
  7. quaking bogs
  8. quaking grass
  9. quaking grasses
  10. quaking in one's boots
  11. quaking in one's shoes

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