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marshy, a.|ˈmɑːʃɪ|
Also 4 mershi.
[f. marsh n.1 + -y.]
Pertaining to or of the nature of a marsh; consisting of or containing marshes or marshland.
1382Wyclif Gen. xli. 2 Thei weren fed in mershi places. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Lieu marescageux, marshy ground. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 605 And from the marshy Land Salt Herbage for the fodd'ring Rack provide. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 21 A restless night, in a marshy and unwholsome ground. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. liv. 425 Over a marshy ravine in front of the right, a large redoubt was placed.
b. Produced in or characteristic of marshland.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 277 Their wanton Appetites not only feed With Delicates of Leaves, and marshy Weed, But [etc.]. 1870A. R. Wallace Nat. Sel. (1871) 53 The prevalent forms and colours of marshy vegetation. |