Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BOG'GLE
BOG'GLE, v.i. [Qu. W. bwgwl, a terrifying.]
- To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to play fast and loose. We boggle at every unusual appearance. – Granville.
- To dissemble. – Howell.
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