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- Marsh - n. - A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
- Marsh marigold - - A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), 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.
- Marshal - n. - Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
- Marshal - n. - An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
- Marshal - n. - One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
- Marshal - n. - One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
- Marshal - n. - The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
- Marshal - n. - The highest military officer.
- Marshal - n. - A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.
- Marshal - v. t. - To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
- Marshal - v. t. - To direct, guide, or lead.
- Marshal - v. t. - To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
- Marshaled - imp. & p. p. - of Marshal
- Marshaler - n. - One who marshals.
- Marshaling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Marshal
- Marshaling - n. - The act of arranging in due order.
- Marshaling - n. - The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
- Marshalled - - of Marshal
- Marshalling - - of Marshal
- Marshalsea - n. - The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
- Marshalship - n. - The office of a marshal.
- Marshbanker - n. - Alt. of Marsebanker
- Marshiness - n. - The state or condition of being marshy.
- Marshy - a. - Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.
- Marshy - a. - Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed.
- Methane - n. - A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.
- Hydra - n. - A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
- Cowslip - n. - In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.
- Pioned - a. - A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."
- Puttock - n. - The marsh harrier.
- Redwing - n. - A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.
- Harrier - n. - One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).
- Buck bean - - A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean.
- Powdike - n. - A dike a marsh or fen.
- Palustrine - a. - Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.
- Gas - n. - A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
- Bog - n. - A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
- Cranberry - n. - A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.
- Water shrew - - Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
- Paludinous - a. - Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen.
- Samphire - n. - The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.
- Harpy - n. - The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
- Sea lavender - - See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
- Plumbagineous - a. - Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.
- Vansire - n. - An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.
- Cerotin - n. - A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.
- Althea - n. - A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
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- H260 אָחוּ - 260 אָחוּ - אָחוּ - - ʼâchûw - aw'-khoo - of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile); flag, meadow. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H98 אֲגַם - 98 אֲגַם - אֲגַם - - ʼăgam - ag-am' - from an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds; pond, pool, standing (water). - Noun Masculine - heb
- H100 אַגְמוֹן - 100 אַגְמוֹן - אַגְמוֹן - - ʼagmôwn - ag-mone' - from the same as אֲגַם; a marshy pool (others from a different root, a kettle); by implication; a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes; bulrush, caldron, hook, rush. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H1360 גֶּבֶא - 1360 גֶּבֶא - גֶּבֶא - - gebeʼ - geh'-beh - xlit gebe corrected to gebeʼ; from an unused root meaning probably to collect; a reservoir; by analogy, a marsh; marish, pit. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H6854 צְפַרְדֵּעַ - 6854 צְפַרְדֵּעַ - צְפַרְדֵּעַ - - tsᵉphardêaʻ - tsef-ar-day'-ah - from צָפַר and a word elsewhere unused meaning a swamp; a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog; frog. - Noun Feminine - heb