Bogue

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An acanthopterygian fish, Box vulgaris, of the family Sparidæ, found in the Mediterranean, on the west coast of Africa, and in rare cases on the coasts of Britain.
  • noun. A mouth; an embouchure.
  • Nautical, to drop off from the wind; edge away to leeward with the wind, as some vessels of inferior sailing qualities do.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The boce; -- called also bogue bream. See boce.
  • intransitive verb. To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Bayou, waterway.
  • noun. A species of sea bream native to the eastern Atlantic, Boops boops.
  • Word Usage
    "Salazar seems to be in the mold of Bush/Cheney and the Dept of Interior seems to be part of the problem. bogue-sailor"
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Vogue  drogue  logue  pogue  rogue  
    variant
    boce  bogue bream