Now s.w. dial. Also 6 sogge, 9 zog. [Related to SOG v.] A soft or marshy piece of ground; a swamp, bog, quagmire.
1538. Leland, Itin. (1769), V. 86. The Pastures … rottith on the Ground, and maketh Sogges and Quikke More.
1805. W. H. Marshall, Rur. Econ. W. Eng. (ed. 2), I. 398. Sog; a quagmire.
a. 1887. Jefferies, Field & Hedgerow (1892), 275. The ‘sog’ or peaty place where the spring rises.
