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boil

A wet run of material at the bottom of an excavation or under the sheeting of an excavation.

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bog plant

A plant which lives continuously in wet soil, but not in stagnant water.

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bogie

On a theater stage, a hanger for an overhead track, from which scenery, flats, or panels are suspended.

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bog

Wet, soft, and spongy ground, where the soil is composed mainly of decayed and decaying vegetable matter.

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bodying in, bodying up

A process in French polishing for building up the thickness of the finish by numerous applications of varnish, rubbing each

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bond beam

A horizontal reinforced concrete beam used to strengthen a masonry wall so as to avoid its cracking; the reinforcement often

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