bog 1
— boggish , adj.
/bog, bawg/ , n. , v. , bogged, bogging .
n.
1. wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
2. an area or stretch of such ground.
v.t. , v.i.
3. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down ): We were bogged down by overwork.
4. bog in , Australian Slang. to eat heartily and ravenously.
[ 1495-1505; bogach soft ground ( bog soft + -ach n. suffix); (def. 4) perh. a different word ]
bog 2
/bog, bawg/ , n. Usually, bogs . Brit. Slang.
a lavatory; bathroom.
[ 1780-90; prob. shortening of bog-house; cf. bog to defecate, boggard (16th century) privy, of obscure orig. ]