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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1685
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Disimbogue, v. [f. e.m.E. imbog.] refl. To extricate (oneself) from a bog. — (1685) Lauder Observes 179.
They fall into a bog … ; and during the tyme they are disimboguing themselves, a detached party of dragouns … comes upon them
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