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Bog

A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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Slow 76% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Mire 76% connected

An ant.

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Morass 76% connected

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

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Quag 76% connected

A quagmire.

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Quagmire 76% connected

Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

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Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Slough 76% connected

Slow.

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Boggy 74% connected

Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.

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Boggy 74% connected

Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.

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