boghead

boghead
(entrée créée par le supplément)
(bo-ghèd) s. m.
Houille recherchée pour la fabrication du gaz.
   Résines d'Europe et d'Amérique.... boghead, bitume d'Europe, Journ. offic. 23 juillet 1872, p. 5019, 1re col..
   Nom du village écossais où a lieu l'extraction : Bogh-head, tête du marais, de bog, marais, et head, tête.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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