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swamp v. Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
... v. 1 overwhelm or flood with water: a huge wave swamped the canoes. 2 (of a boat) become overwhelmed with water and...
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (3 ed.)
...swamp [E17th] Swamp is first found in the compound ‘swampwater’ and probably goes back to a Germanic root with the senses ‘sponge, fungus’. Sump [ME] is probably related, as it is first found with the meaning ‘swamp...
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A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (3 ed.)
... A low‐lying area of wetland that is usually flooded throughout the year. In European usage, a swamp is covered with grasses and trees, has better drainage than a bog , has more woody plants than a marsh , and does not accumulate deposits of peat . Swamps may be freshwater or saltwater , and tidal or non‐tidal. In North America, a swamp is equivalent to a European...
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World Encyclopedia
... Low‐lying wetland area, near large body of open water. They are characterized by numerous animals and plants, including rushes and sedge in cool regions, and species of trees, such as the swamp cypress, in warmer areas. They can prevent flooding by absorbing flood waters from rivers and coastal regions. See also bog ; ...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
... A wet area, dominated by emergent aquatic vegetation, that is normally covered by water all year and is not subject to drying out during the summer. In European usage, the term is usually applied to herbaceous wetland ecosystems, such as reed beds, but in American usage ‘swamp’ is used only of forested wetlands. The American equivalent of the European swamp is a ‘marsh’. Compare fen...
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A Dictionary of Ecology (5 ed.)
... A wet area, dominated by emergent aquatic vegetation, that is normally covered by water all year and is not subject to drying out during the summer. In European usage, the term is usually applied to herbaceous wetland ecosystems, such as reed beds, but in American usage ‘swamp’ is used only of forested wetlands. The American equivalent of the European swamp is a ‘marsh’. Compare fen...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
... cypress 1. See actinostrobus . 2. (Chinese swamp cypress) See glyptostrobus...
Swamp Fox Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.)
... Fox , sobriquet of Francis Marion...
Dismal Swamp Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.)
...Swamp , on the coast of southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina, was formerly extensive and almost impenetrable. William Byrd describes it in his History of the Dividing Line. It is the setting of Harriet Beecher Stowe 's Dred and is frequently mentioned in literature as a refuge for the fugitive slave, e.g. Longfellow 's The Slave in the Dismal Swamp...
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A Dictionary of Geography (6 ed.)
...swamp A number of types of low trees and shrubs, growing on mud flats in tropical coastal areas where the tidal range is slight. Mangroves are significant agents of progradation along tropical coasts, and are especially well developed in South and East...
Swamp Pop Reference library
Shane K. Bernard
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...and accordion, young “swamp poppers” embraced the lilting piano triplet style of Fats Domino's love ballads. They also borrowed from Domino and other New Orleans artists the emotive saxophone sections, the electric guitar and bass, and the modern drumming trap set. Swamp pop, however, is more than merely a duplicate of New Orleans rhythm-and-blues. Country-and-western roots help to set swamp pop apart from its more urbane counterpart, as do, most importantly, the infusion of Cajun and rural black Creole elements. For example, swamp pop musicians recorded...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
...swamp A characteristic vegetation of tropical, muddy coasts, and typically associated with river mouths where the water is shallow and the load of suspended sediment is high. The aerial roots of the mangrove trees trap the sediment, favouring the gradual seaward extension of the land...
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A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (5 ed.)
...swamp Characteristic vegetation of tropical, muddy coasts, and typically associated with river mouths where the water is shallow and the load of suspended sediment is high. The aerial roots of the mangrove trees trap the sediment, favouring the gradual seaward extension of the land...
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A Dictionary of Biology (8 ed.)
...mangrove swamp A region of vegetation, found along tropical coasts, in which mangrove trees ( Rhizophora species) predominate. The waterlogged soil is highly saline, and—like other halophytes —mangroves are adapted to withstand these conditions; they also possess aerial roots ( pneumatophores ) through which gaseous exchange occurs, to counteract effects of the badly aerated soil. Mangroves are not only complex ecosystems but also play a vital role in protecting coastal regions from the effects of tropical storms and high...
Great Swamp Fight Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...Swamp Fight a 1675 battle in King Philip's War between New England militiamen under Gov. Josiah Winslow and the Narragansett near present-day Kingston, Rhode Island. The Narragansett lost heavily and were no longer able to defend...
Kow Swamp, Victoria, Australia ([Si]) Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (3 ed.)
...population. On the basis of the finds from Kow Swamp, however, Thorne suggests a dual origin for Australia's Aboriginal population. Overall, the Kow Swamp collection is the largest single late Pleistocene population so far recovered: the remains themselves were returned to the local Aboriginal community for reburial. Rep.: A. G. Thorne and P. G. Macumber , 1972, Discoveries of Late Pleistocene man at Kow Swamp, Australia . Nature , 238, 316–19; D. J. Mulvaney , 1991, Past regained, future lost: the Kow Swamp Pleistocene burials . Antiquity , 65,...
Herridge of Reality Swamp (1907) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.)
...of Reality Swamp ( 1907 ), William Gosse Hay 's second novel, is focused on the experiences of a minister, John Sydenham, who comes to Manalia (Australia) to escape from a romantic scandal in which he is the innocent party. He changes his name to Herridge, goes to work among the convicts, and rescues a would-be suicide who turns out to be the woman who ruined his reputation; in time she marries Sir Ralph Eardley and manages to reduce him to alcoholism, to drive his heiress daughter Ellen towards madness, and to have Herridge imprisoned. Herridge is sent...
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A Dictionary of Abbreviations
... [Meteorology] South-West Area Monsoon...
swamp v. 3 (US prison) Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
... v. 3 [Scot. swamped , arrested] ( US prison ) to arrest. 1935 A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks n.p.: Swamp , to...
swamp n. Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
... n. ▪ SE in slang uses ▪ In compounds swamp-angel ( n. ) see swamp-rat below. swamp ass ( n. ) ( US teen ) sweat gathering between the cleft of the buttocks. 2001 OnLine Dict. of Playground Sl. [Internet] swamp ass n. the effect of sitting and sweating a lot. i.e. trousers/shorts etc get wet and smell. swamp breath ( n. ) a contemptible person. 1983 A-Team Storybook 46: ‘Listen up, swamp breath,’ called Hannibal. swamp donkey ( n. ) a very unattractive woman; occas. man. 1997 Roger's Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: swamp...
