- Marsh; swamp - Slow. - A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. - A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. - imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. - The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of
some similar animal. - The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part
which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
- Marsh has smell, good at first - Sphagnum source - Swamp - A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable
matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a
morass. - A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in
a marsh or swamp. - To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to
sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
- Area of relatively high ground - High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals
which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land
which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp,
interval, and the like. - The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of
towns. - Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage. - Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
- A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts
are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American
passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male
is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange,
on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial,
marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.