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bogue
1[ bohg ]
noun
, Gulf States.
- a bayou, stream, or waterway.
bogue
2[ bohg ]
verb (used without object)
, Nautical.
, bogued, bogu·ing.
- (of a sailing vessel) to tend to fall off from the wind.
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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
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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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