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Word Meanings - SLOUGH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Slow. Chaucer.

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  • SLOUGHING
    The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
  • MARSHY
    1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny. 2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden.
  • MARSH MARIGOLD
    . A perennial plant of the genus Caltha , growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.
  • MARSH
    A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. Marsh asphodel , a plant with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bog asphodel. -- Marsh cinquefoil
  • MARSHBANKER; MARSEBANKER
    The menhaden.
  • MARSHALER
    One who marshals.
  • MARSHALSEA
    The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. Court of Marshalsea, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between
  • QUAGMIRE
    Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. "A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access." Palfrey. Syn. -- Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.
  • MORASSY
    Marshy; fenny. Pennant.
  • MARSHAL
    mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc ; marah horse + scalc servant . F. maréchal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See Mare horse, and cf. 1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. 2. An officer of high rank, charged with
  • SLOUGHY
    Full of sloughs, miry.
  • MARSHINESS
    The state or condition of being marshy.
  • SWAMP
    Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees
  • MARSHALSHIP
    The office of a marshal.
  • SWAMPY
    Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.
  • MORASS
    A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Morass ore. See Bog ore, under Bog. (more info) F. marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See Mere a lake, and cf.
  • SLOUGH
    Slow. Chaucer.
  • MARSHALING
    The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. Marshaling of assets , the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration. (more info) 1. The act of arranging in due order.
  • SUBMARSHAL
    An under or deputy marshal.
  • KNIGHT MARSHAL
    An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
  • DISMARSHAL
    To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. Drummond.
  • EARL MARSHAL
    An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his

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