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† ˈquavemire Obs.
[f. quave v. + mire.]
= quagmire (q.v.).
1530Palsgr., Quave myre, foundriere, crouliere. 1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 404 Pooles, Marishes,..and Quauemires. 1601Holland Pliny I. 221 Dyonisius was forced to leaue his horse sticking fast in a quaue-mire. 1610― Camden's Brit. 529 The Lower [part] hath in it foule and slabby quave mires, yea and most troublesome fennes.
fig.1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 206 They do winne nothing by thys distinction: seeing that they fall back into the same quavemire. |