单词 | bog-land |
释义 | > as lemmasbog-land bog-land n. marshy land, a boggy country.In quot. 1690, as a nickname for Ireland. ΚΠ 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved 160 I verily beleeve, were all the Bog-Lands in England thus Planted, and Husbandred well,..might raise Wood enough to maintaine a great part of this Nation in Firing. 1690 J. Dryden in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Prophetess Prol. sig. A4v Each brings his Love, a Bogland Captive home. 1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. June v. 47 A proper Plough to plow Bog-lands. 1940 L. MacNeice Last Ditch 9 The night came down upon the bogland. < as lemmas |
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