BOGUE

Etymology 1

Noun

bogue (plural bogues)

A species of sea bream native to the eastern Atlantic, Boops boops.

Etymology 2

Noun

bogue (plural bogues)

A bayou or waterway.

Etymology 3

Verb

bogue (third-person singular simple present bogues, present participle boguing, simple past and past participle bogued)

(nautical) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

Anagrams

• bouge

Etymology

Proper noun

Bogue

A surname.

(usually with the definite article) An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.

A town in Kansas.

A town in North Carolina.

Synonyms

• (Chinese strait): Bocca Tigris

Anagrams

• bouge

Source: Wiktionary


Bogue, v. i. (Naut.)

Definition: To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.

Bogue, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The boce; -- called also bogue bream. See Boce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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