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bogue

1 American  
[bohg] / boʊg /

noun

Gulf States.
  1. a bayou, stream, or waterway.


bogue 2 American  
[bohg] / boʊg /

verb (used without object)

Nautical.
bogued, boguing
  1. (of a sailing vessel) to tend to fall off from the wind.


Etymology

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

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The next, his every faculty was concentrated on a singular phenomenon on the bank of the bogue.

From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Craffock, Charles Egbert

Node:bogue out, Next:bogus, Previous:bogotify, Up:= B = bogue out /bohg owt/ vi.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Bogue: 'I don't git much done 'thout I bogue right in along 'th my men.'

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell