Bog-moss
51Moss — This long established surname, widespread both in England and Ireland, has two distinct possible sources as an English surname, and a further interpretation when found in the latter country. From an early date, Moss has been used in Ireland as a… …
52Bog body — Tollund Man lived in the 4th century BCE. Bog bodies, which are also known as bog people, are the naturally preserved human corpses found in the sphagnum bogs in Northern Europe. Unlike most ancient human remains, bog bodies have retained… …
53moss — Synonyms and related words: algae, autophyte, baygall, bean, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, bracken, brown algae, buffalo wallow, climber, club moss, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, everglade, fen, fenland, fern, flowering moss, fruits… …
54moss hag — noun chiefly Scotland : a pit or slough in a marshy place; especially : a place where peat has been cut * * * Scot. an area, pit, or hole from which peat has been dug. [1810 20] * * * moss hag or moss hagg noun (Scot) A pit or slough in a bog • • …
55moss — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mos; akin to Old High German mos moss, Latin muscus Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly Scottish bog, swamp; especially a peat bog 2. a. any of a class (Musci) of bryophytic plants… …
56moss — noun 1》 a small flowerless green plant which grows in low carpets or rounded cushions in damp habitats and reproduces by means of spores. [Class Musci.] ↘used in names of algae, lichens, and other low growing plants, e.g. reindeer moss. 2》… …
57moss — [[t]mɔs, mɒs[/t]] n. 1) pln any tiny, leafy stemmed, filamentous bryophyte of the class Musci, growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc 2) pln a growth of such plants 3) pln any of various similar plants, as… …
58moss — /mɒs / (say mos) noun 1. any of the cryptogamic plants which belong to the class Musci, of the bryophytes, comprising small leafy stemmed plants growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. 2. a growth of such plants …
59bog — Synonyms and related words: baygall, bemire, bog down, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, cesspool, cloaca, cloaca maxima, drain, dump, everglade, fen, fenland, garbage dump, glade, hog wallow, holm, marais, marish, marsh, marshland,… …
60BOG-TROTTER — a name given to the Scottish moss troopers, now to certain Irish for their agility in escaping over bogs …
