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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain
... 1881: 21225; widespread. English: locative name from Middle English mersch ‘marsh’ (Old English mersc ), or from one of many places so named, such as Marsh Hall in Thurstsonland (WR Yorks), Marsh Gibbon (Bucks), and Marsh alias Marche Hall in Westbury...
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A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil Engineering (2 ed.)
... An area of low-lying water-logged...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland
... Frequency 1911: 298 Main location (1847–64): scattered (1911): Dublin, Antrim, Westmeath, Down, Clare, Cork English: locative name from Middle English mersch ‘marsh’ (Old English mersc ) or from one of many places so named in England, such as Marsh Hall in Thurstsonland (West Riding of Yorkshire), Marsh Gibbon (Buckinghamshire), and Marsh alias Marche Hall in Westbury (Shropshire). Standardized form: de Moiréis. Early bearers: Walter Marshe, gent., 1618–19 in Irish Patent Rolls p. 421 (Athlone, Westmeath); John Marsh, gent., 1621 in Irish...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
... A more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil , as opposed to a peaty area ( see peat ). Marsh often occurs around the edges of a lake or on the flood-plain of a river. In North American usage, a marsh is a herbaceous wetland in which the water table is permanently above the soil surface, equivalent to the British...
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A Dictionary of Ecology (5 ed.)
... A more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil , as opposed to a peaty area. Marsh often occurs around the edges of a lake or on the flood-plain of a river. In North American usage, a marsh is a herbaceous wetland in which the water-table is permanently above the soil surface, equivalent to the British...
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A Dictionary of Zoology (5 ed.)
... A more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil (as opposed to a peaty area), typically found around the edges of a lake or on an undrained river flood-plain. Colloquially, ‘marsh’ is often used interchangeably with ‘swamp’ and...
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A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (3 ed.)
... ( marshland ) A low‐lying wetland area with a mineral soil supporting grassy vegetation, often close to a river or lake, that is frequently flooded to a shallow depth. Marshes can be freshwater or saltwater , tidal or...
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World Encyclopedia
... Flat, wetland area, devoid of peat, saturated by moisture during one or more seasons. Typical vegetation includes grasses, sedges, reeds and rushes. Marshes are valuable wetlands and maintain water tables in adjacent ecosystems. Unlike bogs , they have alkaline not acidic soil. See also ...
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Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
... US frequency (2010): 62304 1 English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc ), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire. 2 Americanized form of German Marsch . 3 Americanized form of Slovenian Marš : unexplained. Compare Mars ...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry (8 ed.)
... gas Methane formed by rotting vegetation in marshes...
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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2 ed.)
... gas another name for methane...
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A Dictionary of Energy Science
...marsh gas ( biogenic gas ) Gas composed mainly of methane (CH 4 ) generated in the anaerobic decay of organic matter by methanogenic bacteria, particularly found in marshes and...
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A Dictionary of Ecology (5 ed.)
...marsh The upper zone of a salt-marsh , from the general mean high-water level to the mean high-water level of spring tides. Typically it has fewer than 360 submergences per annum, often with less than an hour of submergence daily during sunlight. The minimum period of continuous exposure may exceed 10 days. Compare submergence marsh...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
...marsh The upper zone of a salt marsh, from the general mean-high-water level to the mean-high-water level of spring tides. Typically it has fewer than 360 submergences per annum, often with less than an hour of submergence daily during sunlight. The minimum period of continuous exposure may exceed 10 days. Compare submergence marsh...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
...marsh The lower zone of a salt marsh , from the mean high-water level of neap tides to the general level of mean high water. Typically, this zone experiences more than 360 submergences per annum, usually with more than 1 hour of submergence during daylight each day. Continuous exposure never exceeds 9 days. Compare emergence marsh...
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A Dictionary of Ecology (5 ed.)
...marsh The lower zone of a salt marsh , from the mean high-water level of neap tides to the general level of mean high water. Typically, this zone experiences more than 360 submergences per annum, usually with more than one hour of submergence during daylight each day. Continuous exposure never exceeds nine days. Compare emergence marsh...
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A Dictionary of Geography (6 ed.)
...marsh Tidal salt marshes are found along the low-energy coastlines of mid- to high-latitude regions of the major continents (except Antarctica), and lie at the ecotone between terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems ( Greenberg et al. (2006) BioSci. 56, 8 ). As the marsh develops, halophytes (such as marsh samphire and sea aster in Britain) pave the way for less hardy species, and the marsh becomes part of the coastland; see van Wijnen et al. (1997) J. Coastal Cons. 3, 1 . See Santos et al. (2013) PLoS ONE 8, 11 e78989....
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
... & Tatham . English cabinetmaking firm in London , prominent in the early 19th century, when it attracted aristocratic and royal patronage. Although the firm is known as Marsh & Tatham, it initially (in 1790 ) consisted of a partnership between William Marsh ( fl 1774–85 ), who had supplied furniture for the Brighton pavilion, and George Elward , and so was known as Elward & Marsh. In 1795 the partners were joined by Thomas Tatham ( 1763–1818 ), the elder brother of Charles Heathcote Tatham , and the firm became Elward, Marsh & Tatham; some...
Marsh, Edward (1872–1953) Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
..., Edward ( 1872–1953 ), classicist and scholar : lives in London ( Holborn ) 1899–1940 . Georgian Poetry 1912–21 , A Memoir of Rupert Brooke 1918...
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
...Bacchus Marsh , Victoria/Australia Lying on the Werribee River, it was named after its founder, Captain William Bacchus , in 1838 ....
