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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BOGLY, BOGGLY, Bogilly, adj. “Haunted by bogles” (Abd.²² 1935).Sc. 1816 Scott B. Dwarf ii.:
Company's blithe on a bare moor like this — it's an unco bogilly bit.Sc. 1820 Blackwood Mag. (Aug.) 515:
Alane in a boggly glen on a sweet summer's night.Rxb. 1811 A. Scott Poems 96:
But howlets, glens, nor bogly burns could be A scar to me, whan Jean I hoped to see.