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Webster 1913 Edition


Marsh

Marsh

,
Noun.
[OE.
mersch
, AS.
mersc
, fr.
mere
lake. See
Mere
pool, and cf.
Marish
,
Morass
.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
[Written also
marish
.]
Marsh asphodel
(Bot.)
,
a plant (
Nartheeium ossifragum
) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; – called also
bog asphodel
.
Marsh cinquefoil
(Bot.)
,
a plant (
Potentilla palustris
) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder
.
(Bot.)
(a)
The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (
Viburnum Opulus
)
.
(b)
In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (
Iva frutescens
).
Marsh five-finger
.
(Bot.)
See
Marsh cinquefoil
(above).
Marsh gas
.
(Chem.)
See under
Gas
.
Marsh grass
(Bot.)
,
a genus (
Spartina
) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; – called also
cord grass
. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides
is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low
Spartina juncea
is a common component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier
(Zool.)
,
a European hawk or harrier (
Circus aeruginosus
); – called also
marsh hawk
,
moor hawk
,
moor buzzard
,
puttock
.
Marsh hawk
.
(Zool.)
(a)
A hawk or harrier (
Circus cyaneus
), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also
hen harrier
, and
mouse hawk
.
(b)
The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen
(Zool.)
,
a rail; esp.,
Rallus elegans
of fresh-water marshes, and
Rallus longirostris
of salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow
(Bot.)
,
a plant of the genus
Althaea
(
Althaea officinalis
) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.
Marsh marigold
.
(Bot.)
See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort
(Bot.)
,
any plant of the umbelliferous genus
Hydrocotyle
; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; – called also
water pennywort
.
Marsh quail
(Zool.)
,
the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary
(Bot.)
,
a plant of the genus
Statice
(
Statice Limonium
), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also
sea lavender
.
Marsh samphire
(Bot.)
,
a plant (
Salicornia herbacea
) found along seacoasts. See
Glasswort
.
Marsh St. John’s-wort
(Bot.)
,
an American herb (
Elodes Virginica
) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.
Marsh tea
.
(Bot.)
.
Same as
Labrador tea
.
Marsh trefoil
.
(Bot.)
Same as
Buckbean
.
Marsh wren
(Zool.)
,
any species of small American wrens of the genus
Cistothorus
, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Marsh

M`ARSH

,
Noun.
A tract of low land, usually or occasionally covered with water, or very wet and miry, and overgrown with coarse grass or with detached clumps of sedge; a fen. It differs from swamp, which is merely moist or spungy land, but often producing valuable crops of grass. Lowland occasionally overflowed by the tides, is called salt marsh.

Definition 2024


Marsh

Marsh

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English

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Marsh

  1. A topographic surname for someone living by a marsh.

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See also: Marsh

English

Noun

marsh (plural marshes)

  1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

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  • Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press). Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. ISBN 8839551107. Online version here

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