† quamiren.

Forms:

α. 1500s quamier, 1500s quamire, 1500s quamyre.

β. 1700s whamire (English regional (Yorkshire)).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quallmire n., quavemire n.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity + mire n.¹; compare quagmire n. and discussion at that entry, and compare also earlier quallmire n., quavemire n., and quawmire at quaw n.Later instances of quamire , such as the following, probably show typographical errors for quagmire n.:1927 Havre (Montana) Daily News Promoter (Electronic text) 26 Apr. He saw the craft moving slowly at a low altitude and then go into a nose dive, the nose burrowing itself deep in the quamire. On the β. forms see discussion at Q n., although perhaps compare also English regional (northern) and Scots wham swamp, morass, marshy hollow (see Eng. Dial. Dict. at cited word).

Obsolete (English regional (Yorkshire) in later use).

= quagmire n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated

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1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 99^v Muddy marysshes full of suche quamyres that men are oftentymes swalowed vp in them.

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. liij. f. 320 In place of a pure foundacion, thy building is reared vpon a light sande, and vnconstant ground, or else vpon a filthy and foule quamire.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 For quamier get bootes.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 37 If we will get out of the Quamyre of our sinnes.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xix. 345 Orpheus..as for the wicked..buryeth them in a quamyre.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in W. Derham Philos. Lett. (1718) 341 Whamire, a Quagmire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	quamire
释义	† quamiren. Forms: α. 1500s quamier, 1500s quamire, 1500s quamyre. β. 1700s whamire (English regional (Yorkshire)). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quallmire n., quavemire n. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity + mire n.¹; compare quagmire n. and discussion at that entry, and compare also earlier quallmire n., quavemire n., and quawmire at quaw n.Later instances of quamire , such as the following, probably show typographical errors for quagmire n.:1927 Havre (Montana) Daily News Promoter (Electronic text) 26 Apr. He saw the craft moving slowly at a low altitude and then go into a nose dive, the nose burrowing itself deep in the quamire. On the β. forms see discussion at Q n., although perhaps compare also English regional (northern) and Scots wham swamp, morass, marshy hollow (see Eng. Dial. Dict. at cited word). Obsolete (English regional (Yorkshire) in later use). = quagmire n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog mizzyc1400 quawa1500 quick-mire1509 quavemire1530 quallmire1553 quamire1555 quagmire1566 quakemire1577 gog-mire1583 quag1589 quabmire1597 quadmire1610 bog-mire1624 bumby1632 quick1648 trembling bog1697 shake-bog1815 quake1896 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated pounda1500 quavemire1530 fang1535 quamire1555 pit1577 quagmire1577 bog1614 hobble1775 vortex1779 quag1842 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 99^v Muddy marysshes full of suche quamyres that men are oftentymes swalowed vp in them. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. liij. f. 320 In place of a pure foundacion, thy building is reared vpon a light sande, and vnconstant ground, or else vpon a filthy and foule quamire. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 For quamier get bootes. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 37 If we will get out of the Quamyre of our sinnes. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xix. 345 Orpheus..as for the wicked..buryeth them in a quamyre. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in W. Derham Philos. Lett. (1718) 341 Whamire, a Quagmire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1555
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