单词 | quakemire |
释义 | † quakemiren. Obsolete. = quagmire n. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog mizzyc1400 quawa1500 quick-mire1509 quavemire1530 quallmire1553 quamire1555 quagmire1566 quakemire1577 gog-mire1583 quag1589 quabmire1597 quadmire1610 bog-mire1624 bumby1632 quick1648 trembling bog1697 shake-bog1815 quake1896 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 9 v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I He was forced to fasten the quakemyre with hurdles, and vpon them to buylde the citie. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries ii. 70 a His horse was gotten into a quackmyre. 1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 305 You therefore..that would raine helpe you out of this quake mire..may do well to beware of maintaining such spirituall cogitations. 1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 279/3 The Light within..(which is the ground of these Mens Assurance, a mere Pelagian Rock or Quackmire). 1746 J. Exton Maritime Dicæologie vi. 113 If the Judgments were given agreeable to the former Judgment..yet is there no better ground for the same, made to appear for founding them upon than for the former, which is but a quakemire. 1799 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. III. 100/1 A Quack-Mire, a Slough, A Mire, a Puddle. 1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston 719 Quag, a quagmire, or quakemire; a bog. 1946 E. Radford Unusual Words 224 Quagmire, is merely a corruption of quake-mire, or boggy, soft ground that trembles, or quakes, under foot.] Derivatives quakemired adj. ΚΠ 1599 G. Chapman Humerous Dayes Myrth sig. D Howe nowe my liege! what quackemyred in Philosophie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1577 |
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