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quaking bogs

quaking bogs is the plural of quaking bog.

Meaning of quaking bog

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

Questions about quaking bogs

What is quaking bogs the plural of?
Quaking bogs is the plural of quaking bog.

Words near quaking bogs in the dictionary

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

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