bogue

¹

[ bohg ]

noun

, Gulf States.

1. a bayou, stream, or waterway.

bogue

²

[ bohg ]

verb (used without object)

, Nautical.

, bogued, bogu·ing.

1. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to fall off from the wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bogue¹

1805–15; (< Louisiana French ) < Choctaw bok creek, stream, river

Origin of bogue²

Perhaps akin to dial. bog to move off

Example Sentences

Two of the Bogue forts were reduced, and Keshen then offered to adjust matters without delay.

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Three steamships, bearing two regiments of soldiers, convoyed by a British man-of-war, attacked the Bogue forts.

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A fort at French Folly was reduced, and the Bogue forts on both sides of the river were captured.

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And so the spring of 1877 came, when the women folks of Bogue Station had all planned to have a little rest.

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The principle laid down by the so-called "Bogue differentials" in the lumber trade bears upon this point.

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