bogwood

American  

[bog-wood, bawg-] / ˈbɒgˌwʊd, ˈbɔg- /

noun

1. bog oak.

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bogwood British  

/ ˈbɒɡˌwʊd /

noun

1. another name for bog oak

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Etymology

Origin of bogwood

First recorded in 1820–30; bog ¹ + wood ¹

Example Sentences

A brooch with a miniature portrait sustained a bogwood watch-chain upon her bosom, and at her elbow lay a heap of knitting and an old copy of The Queen.

From The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 by Wharton, Edith

Some one struck a light and illuminated a branch of bogwood which he held above his head as a torch.

From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.

Owen followed him within the hut, and stooping down to the fire, lighted a piece of bogwood to enable him to see.

From St. Patrick's Eve by Lever, Charles James

Send a man down to the minister's house and let him fetch up a bundle of bogwood to serve us for torches.

From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.

At night, by the flare of the turf-fire or the fitful light of a splinter of bogwood, he made his copy of poem or tract or tale, which but for him would have perished.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.