Definition of swamp

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Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

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Paludinal :: Paludinal (a.) Inhabiting ponds or swamps.
Fenny :: Fenny (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy..
Water Crake :: Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia..
Marsh :: Marsh (n.) A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass..
Slumpy :: Slumpy (a.) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy.
Wade :: Wade (v. t.) To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps..
Swan :: Swampy (a.) Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land..
Water Hare :: Water hare () A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare..
Redwing :: Redwing (n.) 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..
Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
Bog :: Bog (n.) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Ogeechee Lime :: Ogeechee lime () The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida..
Swanherd :: Swang (n.) A swamp.
Swamping :: Swamped (imp. & p. p.) of Swam.
Thamyn :: Thamyn (n.) An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
Quail :: Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis)..
Hylodes :: Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes..
Water Locust :: Water locust () A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
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