swampn.

Brit.

/swɒmp/, U.S.

/swɑmp/

Forms: Also 1700s swomp.

Etymology: First recorded as a term peculiar to the North American colony of Virginia, but probably in local use before in England; compare quot. 1691 at sense 1b, and the apparently related sump n.Possibly taken in from Low German, where, however, the sense of ‘marsh’ is not recorded (but compare Low German swampen , used of the quaking of boggy land). The instance of the meaning ‘mushroom’ (sense 2), which was that of Old English swamm , may be due to an occasional borrowing from a foreign source. Usually referred to the root which is the base of the several Germanic formations *swamp- , *swamb- , and *swamm- , with the meaning ‘sponge’ or ‘fungus’, represented by Middle Low German (Low German) swamp , Old High German (Middle High German) swamp , swamb- , Old Norse svǫppr ( < *swampuz ), Middle Swedish svamper , Swedish, Danish svamp , and Old English swamm , (Middle) Low German, Old High German swam (German schwamm ), early modern Dutch swamme (Dutch zwam ), Gothic swamm accusative singular. The radical notion is perhaps preserved in Greek σομϕός (? < *swombhós ) spongy, porous. For other possible relations see swamp adj. and swang n.

a. A tract of low-lying ground in which water collects; a piece of wet spongy ground; a marsh or bog. Originally and in early use only in the North American colonies, where it denoted a tract of rich soil having a growth of trees and other vegetation, but too moist for cultivation (see quots. 1741, 1766, 1766).

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun]

marsheOE

fenc888

sladec893

moorOE

mossOE

marshlandlOE

lay-fena1225

lay-mirea1225

moor-fenc1275

flosha1300

strother?a1300

marish1327

carrc1330

waterlanda1382

gaseync1400

quaba1425

paludec1425

mersec1440

sumpa1450

palus?1473

wash1483

morass1489

oozea1500

bog?a1513

danka1522

fell1538

soga1552

Camarine1576

gog1583

swale1584

sink1594

haga1600

mere1609

flata1616

swamp1624

pocosin1634

frogland1651

slash1652

poldera1669

savannah1671

pond-land1686

red bog1686

swang1691

slack1719

flowa1740

wetland1743

purgatory1760

curragh1780

squall1784

marais1793

vlei1793

muskeg1806

bog-pit1820

prairie1820

fenhood1834

pakihi1851

terai1852

sponge1856

takyr1864

boglet1869

sinkhole1885

grimpen1902

sphagnum bog1911

blanket bog1939

string bog1959

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 163 Some small Marshes and Swamps there are, but more profitable than hurtfull.

1685 W. Penn Further Acct. Pennsylvania 7 Our Swamps or Marshes yeeld us course Hay for the Winter.

1694 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 124 [Musk-rats] build Houses as Beavers do, in the Marshes, and Swamps (as they there [i.e. in Virginia] call them) by the Water-sides.

1741 P. Tailfer et al. Narr. Georgia 96 A Swamp is any low watery Place, which is covered with Trees or Canes: They are here of three Sorts, Cypress, River, and Cane Swamps.

1766 W. Stork Acct. E.-Florida 26 (note) The word swamp is peculiar to America; it there signifies a tract of land that is sound and good, but by lying low is covered by water. All the forest trees (pine excepted) thrive best in the swamps, where the soil is always rich.

1875 J. H. Temple & G. Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass. 21 Swamps.—As used by our fathers in the earliest times, this term did not necessarily denote marshy ground; but flat land which from its peculiar location had escaped the ravages of the annual fires set by the Indians, and was covered with an old growth of wood.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 159 Our Men..shot a Brace of Deer, as they were feeding by the Side of a swamp or moist Ground.1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liii. 20 Ground which the rain had turned into a swamp.1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. iii. 125 The Pontine Marshes, formerly the abode of thirty nations, are now a pestilential swamp.1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 235 The river Desaguadero..falls into the salt lake and swamps of Aullagas.figurative.1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 379 In this flat swamp of convalescence, left by the ebb of sickness.1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 173 It has stagnated in the sunless swamps of a theosophy.

b. local. See quots., and cf. sump n.. Also, in Australia, a shallow lake or pond.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine

work1474

firework1606

stemple1653

stool1653

bink1675

engine pit1687

swamp1691

feeder1702

wall1728

bag1742

sill1747

stope1747

rose cistern1778

striking-house1824

plat1828

stemplar1828

screen chamber1829

offtake1835

footwall1837

triple pit1839

stamp1849

paddock1852

working floor1858

pit house1866

ground-sluice1869

screen tower1871

planilla1877

undercurrent1877

mill1878

blanket-sluice1881

stringing-deal1881

wagon-breast1881

brushing-bed1883

poppet-leg1890

slippet1898

stable1906

overcut1940

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > other

slack?a1400

swamp1691

cauldrona1763

hog wallow1829

tomo1859

kettle1866

pocket1869

dolina1882

kettle hole1883

frost hollow1895

impact crater1895

uvala1902

frost pocket1907

sotch1910

pingo1938

lagg1939

tafoni1942

1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 115 A Swamp, a low hollow place in any part of a field.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 184 Swamp, a depression in a nearly horizontal bed, in which water may collect.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Swamp, a depression or natural hollow in a seam.

†2. A mushroom. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fungi > [noun] > mushroom

mushroom1440

champignon1578

swamp1631

morel1653

moriglio1698

flap1744

agaric1777

chanterelle1777

flab?18..

nutmeg-boletus1813

blewits1830

mitre mushroom1854

cèpe1865

horse mushroom1866

matsutake1877

girolle1894

shiitake1925

miller1954

old man of the woods1972

king bolete1976

shroom1977

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > mushroom

mushroom1440

swamp1631

musher1883

mushie1935

1631 D. Widdowes tr. W. A. Scribonius Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 39 In the body of the [larch] tree groweth Fungus Agaricus, a swamp or mush rome.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

swamp-dweller n.

1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 790/1 Quaint and indolent pine-landers and degraded swamp-dwellers, have all supplied our literary comedians with unique characters.

1908 H. R. Haggard Ghost Kings xiv. 193 The Swamp-dwellers, who had their homes upon the banks of the Tugela.

swamp earth n.

1840 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. (ed. 2) 47 To blend with it [sc. calcareous soil] quantities of peat or swamp earth.

swamp forest n.

1909 E. Warming et al. Oecol. Plants lx. 234 (heading) Littoral swamp-forest. Mangrove.

1955 P. A. Buxton Nat. Hist. Tsetse Flies ix. 269 In places there are ‘swamp forests’..the trees growing in a few feet of water at all seasons.

1964 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla viii. 196 The swamp forest that grows in the low country bordering the South China Sea.

swamp-jungle n.

1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 108 Torrential floods, which..support a dense swamp-jungle.

swamp land n.

1662 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1912) XIV. 433 One Parcel of land..being Swamp land.

1701 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 125 A Certaine ffarme or tract of land consisting of upland swampe land & Meadow land.

1765 R. Rogers Conc. Acct. N. Amer. 138 The swamp-lands are covered with cyprus, or reeds.

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 95 A vast body of rich swamp land, fit for the growth of Rice.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States ii. 151 The value of the swamp land varies with the wood upon it.

1874 2nd Rep. Vermont Board Agric. 550 Now one hundred acres of what was swamp land can be mowed with a machine.

1908 S. E. White Riverman v. 49 Thickets of overflowed swampland.

swamp-lover n. (see Compounds 5).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers

dog's tooth1578

daylily1597

mountain saffron1597

phalangium1608

Savoy spiderwort1629

hemerocallis1648

tuberose1664

St Bruno's lily1706

superb lily1731

agapanthus1789

Spanish squill1790

erythronium1797

Tritoma1804

Spanish harebell1808

veltheimia1808

adder's tongue1817

bunch flower1818

Puschkinia1820

hedychium1822

eremurus1836

flame lily1841

lily pink1848

mountain spiderwort1849

lloydia1850

kniphofia1854

garland-flower1866

red-hot poker1870

swamp-lover1878

African lily1882

flame-flower1882

Scarborough lily1882

wood-lily1882

St. Bernard lily1883

torch-lily1884

rajanigandha1885

ginger lily1892

chinkerinchee1904

snow lily1907

sand lily1909

avalanche lily1912

Spanish bluebell1924

mountain lily1932

chink1949

poker1975

1878 T. Meehan Native Flowers & Ferns U.S. I. 36 Swamp-lover.

swamp-man n.

1908 Chambers's Jrnl. May 352/1 It [sc. a tree] may also topple over in the wrong direction and before the cutters and swampmen can get out of the way.

swamp meadow n.

1697 Cambridge (Mass.) Proprietors' Rec. (1896) 344 Four Rods of fence, Lyeing att the head of Samuel Hastings Swampmeadow.

1880 Harper's Mag. June 80 Out in the swamp meadow the tall clumps of boneset show their dull white crests.

1951 R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains 41 We sat around..talking of range cows, and tough trails, slough grass and swamp meadows.

swamp muck n.

1840 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. (ed. 2) 73 Peat earth, or swamp muck, is vegetable food, in an insoluble state.

swamp mud n.

1821 Massachusetts Spy 21 Feb. 4/5 I agree that swamp mud or, as the Scotch and English farmers call it, peat moss..is not manure.

1897 A. C. Gunter Don Balasco xiii. 160 His costume..is covered with swamp mud and coral dust.

swamp peat n.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 9 The lowest stratum..consists of swamp-peat composed chiefly of moss or sphagnum.

swamp poison n.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. i. 51 Exposed to swamp-poison.

swamp region n.

1875 tr. H. Hertz in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 564 The warm swamp-regions of the Australian coast.

swamp shell n.

1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 409 One swamp shell, viz., Succinea amphibia.

swamp-side n.

1677 W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) I. 111 They were set upon by many hundreds of the Indians out of the Bushes by the Swamp-side.

swamp soil n.

swamp water n.

1883 Science 2 39/1 Their projection above the level of the roots depending on the depth of the swamp-waters.

swamp-loving adj.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 173 That swamp-loving, cold-braving, shade-seeking plant.

C2.

swamp buggy n. North American a vehicle used in swampy regions; spec. a tracked vehicle which can pull a heavily loaded trailer.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle

caterpillar tractor1908

crawler tractor1922

swamp buggy1941

weasel1944

1941 National Geographic Mag. June 706 Their ‘swamp-buggy’ is a seagoing amphibious-looking vehicle. Its 10-foot high wheels are equipped with fat, fin-studded oversized tires which act as propellers; when the odd vehicle leaves the land and takes to water, it begins to swim.

1966 North (Ottawa) July 14/2 When the usually dependable swamp buggy breaks down, it's back to the dog team.

1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 7/5 While the public sleeps, a Pandora's Box is opening to release a flood of hovercraft, dune buggies, swamp buggies, trail bikes, air sleds and airboats on the long-suffering landscape of crowded Southern Ontario.

swamp-chain n.

swamp cooler n. U.S. (see quot. 1950).

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > cooling agent or appliance > [noun] > cooling system for house

swamp cooler1950

1950 Newsweek 14 Aug. 51 In dry climates it is possible to rig up a primitive but highly effective cooling system, called a ‘swamp cooler’. It consists simply of a fan blowing over an excelsior mat which is drenched with dripping water.

1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. (Weekender Mag.) 9/1 A swamp cooler has maybe five moving parts; if it quits, you go up on the roof, look to see which part has quit moving, and replace it.

swamp fever n. (a) malarial fever prevalent in swampy regions; (b) a contagious virus disease of horses, causing anæmia, emaciation, and usually death.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > malaria

fever and ague1666

helodes1724

Roman fever1726

malaria1740

marsh fever1752

fen-fever1772

dumb ague1793

malaria fever1818

Panama fever1849

swamp fever1870

melanuric fever1875

tap1882

subtertian1902

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > other disorders of horses

trench?a1450

colt-evilc1460

affreyd?1523

cholera1566

crick1566

incording1566

leprosy1566

taint1566

eyesore1576

fistula1576

wrench1578

birth1600

garrot1600

stithy1600

stifling1601

stranglings1601

hungry evil1607

pose1607

crest-fall1609

pompardy1627

felteric1639

quick-scab1639

shingles1639

clap1684

sudden taking1688

bunches1706

flanks1706

strangles1706

chest-founderingc1720

body-founder1737

influenza1792

foundering1802

horse-sickness1822

stag-evil1823

strangullion1830

shivering1847

dourine1864

swamp fever1870

African horse sickness1874

horse-pox1884

African horse disease1888

wind-stroke1890

thump1891

leucoencephalitis1909

western equine encephalitis1933

stachybotryotoxicosis1945

rhinopneumonitis1957

1870 C. Kingsley At Last xiii A strong touch of his old swamp-fever.

1903 Rep. Min. Agric. Canada 1902 85 There has been known in the Red River Valley a peculiar and very fatal disease of horses... It is a disease of low lying and swampy country and it is therefore popularly known as swamp fever.

1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 July 2/3 Swamp fever..equine infectious anemia—has ravaged almost half of..the little ponies.

swamp fire n. Canadian methane burning in a swampy area; a will-o'-the-wisp (also used in metaphorical comparisons).

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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp

fox-fire1483

foolish fire1563

ignis fatuus1563

fool's fire1583

Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584

going fire1596

will-o'-the-wisp1596

meteor1597

firedrake1607

wisp1618

ambulones1621

Dick-a-Tuesday1636

friar's lantern1645

gillian burnt-tail1654

Jill-burnt-tail1654

Jack-o'-lantern1658

fatuous fire1661

wildfire1663

wandering fire or light1667

Jack-a-Lent1680

fairy light1722

spunkie1727

Jill-o'-the-wisp1750

fen-fire1814

fatuus1820

marsh-light1823

feu follet1832

wisp-lighta1847

hob-lantern1847

ghost light1849

elf-fire1855

Peggy-with-her-lantern1855

fatuous light1857–8

marsh-fire1865

swamp fire1903

Min-Min1950

1903 S. E. White Forest 122 Like swamp-fire, it lured the imagination always on and on and on through the secret waterways of the uninhabited North.

1954 V. Lysenko Yellow Boots 146 Behind them the swamp fire, like a gigantic Jack o'lantern, bumped and danced and ran around the sky, then finally, as it reached the ground, evaporated into the night air.

1982 H. Lieberman Night Call iii. 12 Daughtry's reputation..traveled like swampfire.

swamp-hook n. U.S. a long chain, a large hook used in swamping logs.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > lumberer's hook

pike-pole1765

picaroon1837

pickpole1837

fid-hook1851

driving-pike1877

swamp-hook1877

peavey1878

Samson1905

1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 22 Dec. Swamp Hooks, Pevys, Skidding Tongs always on hand.

swamp-ore n. [German sumpferz] bog iron ore.

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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > bog

bog-mine1590

bog-mine-ore1764

bog ore1772

bog iron ore1789

swampy iron ore1796

morassy iron ore1801

morass ore1805

black ram1808

limonite1823

swamp-ore1839

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 834 Bog-ore, swamp-ore, and meadow-ore.

swamp plough n. New Zealand a type of plough with a large mould-board, for use on heavy soils.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other types of plough

ox-plough?1523

double plough1653

chip plough1742

Rotherham plough1743

fluke plough1775

breaking plough1781

miner1794

snap-plough1798

turf-cutter1819

scooter plough1820

bull-tongue1831

prairie plough1831

split-plough1840

prairie breaker1857

straddle-plough1875

tickle-plough1875

chill-plough1886

stump-jump1896

swamp plough1930

prairie buster1943

1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. iii. 42 They..spent a lot of money in cutting the scrub, crushing it down with rollers, and ploughing it in with swamp ploughs.

1973 Massey Ferguson Rev. (N.Z.) Mar.–Apr. 5/1 He..leaves it for two years before getting to work with a 19-inch swamp plough.

swamp rock n. a type of rock music associated with the southern U.S.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > rock > types of

jazz-rock1915

rockabilly1956

rockaboogie1956

hard rock1959

folk-rock1963

soft rock1965

surf rock1965

acid rock1966

raga rock1966

progressive rock1968

Christian rock1969

cock rock1970

punk1970

punk rock1970

space rock1970

swamp rock1970

techno-rock1971

glitter rock1972

grunge1973

glam-rock1974

pub rock1974

alternative rock1975

dinosaur rock1975

prog rock1976

AOR1977

New Wave1977

pomp rock1978

prog1978

anarcho-punk1979

stadium rock1979

oi1981

alt-rock1982

noise1982

noise-rock1982

trash1983

mosh1985

emo-core1986

Goth1986

rawk1987

emo1988

grindcore1989

darkwave1990

queercore1991

lo-fi1993

dadrock1994

nu metal1995

1970 Guardian 17 Apr. 10/2 Then Creedence. The band['s]..music, like that of Delaney and Bonnie, is called ‘swamp rock’, and identified with the Southern States of America.

swamp Yankee n. U.S. dialect (see quot. 1963).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun]

countrymanc1300

landmana1400

Jack (John) Upland1402

rurala1475

rustical?1532

rusticc1550

Jock upalanda1568

John Uponlanda1568

rustican1570

countrywoman1679

country cousin1692

ruralist1739

country mouse1750

backwoodsman1774

back-countryman1796

mountaineer1837

ruralite1841

mountain man1847

smock-frock1858

way back1890

woop woop1936

swamp Yankee1941

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > of a specific country > American

wool hat1794

redneck1830

swamp Yankee1941

1941 H. Kurath et al. Linguistic Atlas New Eng. II. ii. Map 450 The map shows a great variety of terms, largely derogatory and jocular, applied to a person who lives in the country—specifically to an old farmer who seldom visits the village or city. The following terms were recorded in more than one community: rustic,..swamp Yankee, hayback, hayseed or hayseeder.

1963 Amer. Speech 38 121 The term swamp Yankee may be defined as ‘a rural New England dweller who abides today as a steadfast rustic and who is of Yankee stock that has endured in the New England area since the colonial days.’

1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill iv. 104 That back country's full of swamp Yankees, guys..that impregnate their own daughters.

C3. In names of animals (mostly birds) inhabiting swamps.

swamp adder n.

1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes viii. 207 It is a swamp adder!..the deadliest snake in India.

swamp bee n.

1885 H. C. McCook Tenants Old Farm 171 I have heard countrymen call the species of which you speak the swamp-bee; its scientific name is probably Bombus separatus.

swamp bird n.

1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp bird, the yellow-poll warbler, Motacilla aestiva.

1884 H. Seebohm Hist. Brit. Birds II. 230 Red-throated Pipit. It is very decidedly a swamp-bird.

swamp finch n.

1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 206 Swamp finch. Fringilla iliaca.

swamp hawk n.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Swamp-Hawk, another name for the New Zealand Harrier.

C4.

swamp-angel n. U.S. a name for the hermit thrush and the wood thrush; also transferred or allusively.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > hylocichla mustelina (wood thrush)

wood-thrush1791

wood-robin1808

swamp-angel1858

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > catharus guttatus (hermit-thrush) > catharus guttatus (hermit-thrush)

hermit-thrush1831

swamp-angel1858

1858 H. C. Kimball in Jrnl. Discourses V. 31/2 Angels who would thus visit you are swamp angels,—they are filthy.

1871 J. Burroughs Wake-robin 25 The wood-thrush..is quite a rare bird,..being found in the Middle and Eastern States,..only in the deepest and most remote forests, usually in damp and swampy localities. On this account the people in the Adirondack region call it the ‘Swamp Angel’.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 117 The Swamp Angel of General Gillmore, as his monster-gun in the swamps was ironically called.

swamp blackbird n. = marsh blackbird n. at marsh n.¹ Compounds 3b.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)

red-winged starling1729

red-winged blackbird?1769

maize thief1772

redwing1778

red-winged oriole1785

red-winged troopial1825

redwing blackbird1830

maize-bird1836

maizer1837

swamp blackbird1891

officer1902

1891 Cent. Dict. Swamp-blackbird.

1895 Outing 27 75/1 A huge flock of swamp blackbirds covered the ground.

swamp crake n. Ortygometra tabuensis, of Australia.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > member of genus Porzana

ortolan1666

sora1705

quail1768

swamp crakea1891

Laysan rail1893

a1891 W. L. Buller in Cent. Dict. Swamp-crake.

swamp deer n. Rucervus duvaucelli, of India; see also barasingha n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Cervus > Cervus duvaucelii (swamp deer)

barasingha1862

swamp deer1874

1874 T. C. Jerdon Mammals India (new ed.) 254 The Swamp Deer... Horns very large and moderately stout.

1891 Cent. Dict. Swamp-deer.

1902 T. W. Webber Forests Upper India xxi. 312 A very fine specimen of the big swamp deer or barasingha, with 12-tined horns.

swamp hare n. Lepus aquaticus, of the southern U.S., also called water-rabbit.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Sylvilagus (cotton-tail) > sylvilagus aquaticus (swamp rabbit)

swamp rabbit1845

water rabbit1857

swamp hare1891

1891 Cent. Dict. Swamp-hare.

1897 Field 6 Feb. 167/3 The swamp, or northern hare, is a big strong animal.

swamp harrier n. a harrier, Circus approximans, of Australasian wetlands, now regarded as conspecific with the marsh harrier, C. aeruginosus.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Swamp harrier.

1958 M. Sharland Tasmanian Birds xii. 81 Swamp Hawk Circus approximans (Swamp Harrier).

1991 G. Pizzey Birds Austral. 85 Our most familiar species, commonly known as the Swamp Harrier.., is now regarded as conspecific with the widespread Marsh Harrier, C. aeruginosus.

swamp hen n. a name for various rails, esp. of the genus Porphyrio (cf. marsh hen n. at marsh n.¹ Compounds 3b).

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen)

porphyrioa1425

purple gallinule1782

purple water-hen1790

pukeko1835

sultana1837

swamp hen1848

1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. VI. pl. 70 Porphyrio Bellus,..Swamp-Hen, Colonists of Western Australia.

1888 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zealand II. 81 The Swamp-hen is widely distributed over Tasmania, the greater part of the continent of Australia [etc.].

swamp partridge n. the spruce partridge or Canada grouse.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > dendrogapus canadensis (spruce grouse)

spruce partridgea1771

wood-grouse1776

Richardson's grouse1831

spruce grouse1842

swamp partridge1874

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 394 Swamp Partridge.

swamp pheasant n. the Pheasant Coucal of New South Wales, Centropus phasianus.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Centropus (coucal) > centropus phasianus (pheasant-coucal)

pheasant coucal1801

pheasant cuckoo1827

swamp pheasant1847

1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 60 A Centropus phasianellus (the Swamp pheasant of Moreton Bay) was shot.

1890 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 94 Although it is really a cuckoo, the colonists call it the ‘swamp pheasant’, because it has a tail like a pheasant.

swamp quail n. any species of the genus Synœcus, of Australia.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous members

gold pheasant1765

white-eared1780

cheer1826

tragopan1829

koklass1864

tree-partridge1864

wood-quail1891

bush-quail1893

swamp quail1895

1895 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant Game-birds I. 191 The Australian Swamp-Quail.

swamp rabbit n. either of two dark brown rabbits of the south-eastern U.S., the cane-cutter, Sylvilagus aquaticus, or the marsh rabbit, S. palustris; cf. swamp hare n.

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swamp rabbit1845

water rabbit1857

swamp hare1891

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Sylvilagus (cotton-tail) > other types of

tapeti1613

swamp rabbit1845

sage rabbit1846

1845 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. I. 228 I had heard much of the swamp-rabbit, which they hunt near the coast in South Carolina and Georgia.

1875 Fur, Fin & Feather (ed. 3) 136/1 The ‘swamp rabbit’ inhabits the heavy timbered woodlands and river bottoms.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 51 The pair of black swamp rabbits was not new.

1964 W. H. Burt Field Guide Mammals (ed. 2) 223 Swamp Rabbit... This is a rich brownish-gray rabbit with coarse hair; feet rusty.

swamp robin n. the cheewink or ground-robin, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, of North America; also, = towhee n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Piplio (ground-robin)

towhee1731

swamp robin1769

chewink1792

ground-robin1794

joree1884

1769 R. Smith Jrnl. 18 May in Tour Four Great Rivers (1906) 41 The lively Note of the Swamp Robin, the Red Bird and other Birds from the earliest Dawn is entertaining.

1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 36 In Virginia, he [sc. the Towhe Bunting] is called the Bulfinch;..in Pennsylvania, the Chewink, and by others the Swamp Robin.

1955 Sci. News Let. 23 Apr. 271/2 Other names by which he [sc. the towhee or ground robin] is known include swamp robin, joree, bush-bird and turkey sparrow.

swamp sparrow n. (a) a species of song-sparrow, Melospiza palustris, common in U.S. and Canada; (b) Sphenœacus punctatus of New Zealand, also called fern-bird.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > bowdleria punctata (fern-bird)

swamp sparrow1811

matata1835

fern-bird1882

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > other or unspecified types of > song-sparrow

song sparrow1810

swamp sparrow1811

rossignol1866

silver-tongue1884

1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. III. 50 The Swamp Sparrow is five inches and a half long and seven inches and a half in extent.

1888 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zealand (ed. 2) II. 255 The melancholy cry of the Fern-bird is so general and persistent that its nickname of ‘Swamp-Sparrow’ is not undeserved.

swamp wallaby n. a large wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, which has reddish or greyish fur with darker markings.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > genus Wallabia (swamp wallaby)

brush wallaby1896

swamp wallaby1896

1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketches Nat. Hist. Austral. ii. 40 Into the specific descriptions of the rock, swamp, brush, scrub and other wallabies I shall not enter.

1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. v. 47 The Swamp Wallaby..is usually placed in a separate genus Wallabia.

swamp warbler n. one of several North American warblers, as Protonotaria citrea and Helmintherus vermivorus.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus Helmitheros (worm-eating warbler)

worm-eater1760

worm-eating warbler1817

Swainson's warbler1858

swamp warbler1859

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > protonotarius citrea (prothonotary warbler)

prothonotary warbler1783

swamp warbler1859

1859 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 30 Apr. in Writings (1906) XII. ii. 167 This first off-coat warmth just preceding the advent of the swamp warblers (parti-colored, red-start, etc.) brings them out.

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 291 Protonotaria, Golden Swamp Warblers.

C5. Denoting plants or vegetable products (chiefly of North America) growing in swamps. See also swamp-oak n.

swamp grass n.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 82 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Many specimens of Bryaxis were beaten off of swamp grass.

1907 C. Hill-Tout Brit. N. Amer., Far West vi. 119 Various swamp grasses, of which the bulrush is the commonest specimen [used].

swamp plant n.

1775 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 942 Being a swamp plant, a north-east aspect will be the properest situation at first to plant it in.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 326 From out its dark waters no swamp plant, or tree grew.

swamp dock n.

swamp hellebore n.

1762 Eliot in J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 156 Take the roots of swamp hellebore (known in different places by the several names of skunk cabbage, tickle weed, bear root).

swamp hickory n.

swamp pine n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies > pitch-pines

hard pine1531

pitch tree1538

torch-tree1601

pitch pine1662

piceaster1664

pitch1674

pitch fir1726

swamp pine1851

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Abies Pinus; Americana, palustris. The Swamp Pine.

1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. p. xxii The Swamp Pine grows on barren wet land.

1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 41 This difference is accounted for by..the tardiness with which the swamp Pine matures.

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §600 P[inus] palustris, the Swamp-pine of Virginia.

1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 15 Swamp Pine..similar to Pitch Pine.

swamp privet n.

swamp silk-weed n.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 595 Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Silk-weed.

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swamp-apple n. = honeysuckle apple n. at honeysuckle n. and adj. Compounds 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > other edible fungi

Jew's ear1544

morel1653

Judas's ear1692

moriglio1698

chanterelle1777

sage-apple1832

swamp-apple1846

swamp-cheese1859

cèpe1865

mayapple1872

thunder-dirt1883

mealy parasol1887

1846 Zoologist 4 1281 The galls called swamp-apples.

1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 214 The Azalea nudiflora, or wild Honeysuckle, has often a singular transformation of its flowers, the parts of the flower becoming enlarged and fleshy,..These succulent excrescences are much sought after by boys who call them ‘swamp apples’ and ‘swamp cheeses’.

swamp ash n. Fraxinus sambucifolia, also called black, ground, hoop, or water ash.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > ash and allies > [noun]

ashc700

fraynec1325

wood-browna1400

wild ash1552

white ash1578

manna tree1665

black ash1673

white ash1683

water ash1709

manna ash1715

hoop-ash1763

red ash1773

shrew-ash1776

blue ash1783

swamp ash1794

weeping ash1807

green ash1810

cockscomb ash1850

Oregon ash1857

1794 W. Clark Jrnl. 15 Sept. in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. (1914) I. 437 The face [of the land] is nearly covered with a thick groth of Shrubbery, Brush, some Beech, Swamp Ash.

1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont i. 211 Black ash. Fraxinus sambucifolia..is sometimes called Swamp Ash.

swamp azalea n. = swamp honeysuckle n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons

mountain rose1640

rhododendron1657

Alpine rose1728

winterbloom1752

azalea1753

mountain rosebay1759

rosebay1760

rhodora1770

mountain laurel1785

swamp azalea1796

big laurel1810

rose tree1818

white honeysuckle1818

meadow pink1827

Pinkster1833

mayflower1838

alpenrose1839

swamp pink1840

rhodie1851

swamp honeysuckle1856

ponticum1875

tree azalea1884

rhodo1886

Kurume azalea1920

1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp azalea, Azalea viscosa.

1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 365 Swamp Azalea... A medium-sized to tall shrub with leaves glossy above.

swamp blackberry n. a low-growing, semi-evergreen dewberry, Rubus hispidus, found near water and marshy ground in parts of Canada and northern and central U.S.A.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush > types of

roebuckberry1771

swamp blackberry1854

loganberry1893

swamp dewberry1924

1854 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 4 Aug. (2002) VIII. 251 The swamp blackberry on high land ripe a day or 2.

1903 H. L. Keeler Our Northern Shrubs 161 Few trailing plants combine a better effect of flower and foliage than our Swamp blackberry.

1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 285 Swamp blackberry is found in thickets in low, wet places.

swamp blueberry n. the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, or its fruit.

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blueberry1785

swamp blueberry1860

1860 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 30 Dec. in Writings (1906) XIV. v. 299 Some ten days later comes the high blueberry, or swamp blueberry, the commonest stout shrub of our swamps.

1917 E. S. Bailey Sand Dunes Indiana 154 There is a chance to study all the sides of a small pond, with the shrub zone of plants in perfect type, such as swamp blueberry, cranberry [etc.].

1949 Pacific Spectator Spring 223 You had to cross the river..to find the low swamp blueberries, lighter blue and sweeter than any other kind.

swamp-broom n. = swamp-oak n. 2a (Morris Austral Engl.).

swamp-cabbage n. = skunk cabbage n.; also, the cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]

dragonsc1000

cuckoo-pintlea1400

yekestersea1400

aaron?c1425

calf's-footc1450

cuckoo-spitc1450

rampa1500

priest's hood1526

wake-robin1530

green dragon1538

arum1551

cuckoo-pint1551

dragonwort1565

priest's pintle1578

tarragon1591

starch root1596

friar's cowl1597

friar's-hood1597

starchwort1597

dragon serpentine1598

dragon's-herb1600

small dragonwort1674

dumb cane1696

skunk weed1735

polecat weed1743

lords and ladies1755

mucka-mucka1769

skunk cabbage1778

bloody man's finger1787

green dragon1789

swamp-cabbage1792

priest in the pulpit1837

orontiad1846

arad1853

cows and calves1853

bulls and cows1863

skunk cabbage1869

aroid1876

Adam and Eve1877

stallion1878

cunjevoi1889

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palmetto trees or fan-palms

palmite1555

palmetto1582

palmetto tree1582

talipot1681

tamarind-palmetto1698

Chamaerops1766

eta palm1769

cabbage palm tree1773

palmetto bush1784

swamp-cabbage1792

cabbage tree1796

saw palmetto1797

latania1799

hat palm1812

gebang1817

coco de mer?1820

itaa1832

cabbage palm1847

miriti1853

latania1856

moriche1860

broom-palm1866

ilala1868

licuala1872

fan-plant1884

tiger-grass1884

buri1890

latanier1929

Washingtonia1945

1792 H. Muhlenberg Let. 12 Nov. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 292 Our Swamp Cabbage (or Dracontium foetidum) is removed to fourth Class.

1880 Harper's Mag. June 66 The swamp-cabbage flower..peers above the ground beneath his purple spotted hood.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xx. 250 He pulled away layer after layer of the white cores and came at last to the hearts [of palms], crisp and sweet. He said, ‘Now I want that fryin' pan, Mr. Penny, please, for my swamp cabbage.’

1942 S. Kennedy Palmetto Country 3 Folks outside the region usually think of the palmetto as the tall palm which is locally called the swamp cabbage or cabbage palm.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 22 May 16- a/1 They were forced to subsist on a diet of unpolished rice, swamp cabbage, and tiny fish.

swamp-cheese n. = swamp-apple n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > other edible fungi

Jew's ear1544

morel1653

Judas's ear1692

moriglio1698

chanterelle1777

sage-apple1832

swamp-apple1846

swamp-cheese1859

cèpe1865

mayapple1872

thunder-dirt1883

mealy parasol1887

1859Swamp cheeses [see swamp-apple n.].

swamp-cypress n. the genus Chamæcyparis; also, the deciduous cypress, Taxodium distichum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Lawson's cypress

yellow cedar1840

Oregon cedar1855

Lawson cypress1858

Nootka cypress1860

Sitka cedar1875

swamp-cypress1876

Sitka cypress1884

lawsoniana1959

1876 W. S. Dallas tr. O. Heer Primæval World Switzerland I. viii. 325 Taxodium distichum miocenum, the swamp-cypress... This species is completely analogous to the swamp-cypress of America (Taxodium distichum, Rich., sp.).

swamp dewberry n. = swamp blackberry n. above.

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roebuckberry1771

swamp blackberry1854

loganberry1893

swamp dewberry1924

1924 C. C. Deam Shrubs of Indiana 109 Rubus hispidus Linnaeus. Swamp Dewberry.

1942 L. R. Tehon Fieldbk. Native Illinois Shrubs 116 The Swamp Dewberry grows near lakes and marshes, especially at the base of wooded slopes.

1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 985/2 Swamp dewberry, running blackberry, swamp b., slender, hispid, often glandular trailer, laying close to the ground, without prickles.

swamp dogwood n. Cornus alba and C. sericea; also, = swamp sumac n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun]

gaiterc1000

dog-tree1548

cornel1551

dogberry1551

prick tree1551

hound's-berry1578

hound's-tree1578

prick-timber tree1578

dwarf honeysuckle1597

dogwood1598

sanguine-rod1601

prickwood1691

bloody twig1759

rose willow1798

red osier1807

swamp dogwood1817

stone-berry?1838

bunch-berry1845

cornus1846

silky cornel1848

silky dogwood1900

pagoda tree1978

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]

buck's-horna1450

rhus?1541

sumac1548

Venice sumac1597

poisonwood1671

poison tree1676

swamp sumac1722

urushi1727

stag-horn1753

Venetian sumac1755

poison ash1757

ipoh1779

poison sumac1785

ailanthus tree1789

Japan varnish1789

vinegar-plant1797

mountain sumac1813

poison dogwood1814

upas1814

karee1815

fustet1821

taaibos1821

poison elder1822

varnish sumac1822

Japan lacquer1835

tree of heaven1845

anacard1847

smoke plant1856

tanners' sumac1858

swamp dogwood1859

smoke-tree1860

wax-tree1866

wig-sumac1867

wig-tree1867

burnwood1874

vinegar-tree1874

mountain manchineel1884

valley of death tree1888

sugar-bush1900

smoke bush1902

1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) at cited word Dogwood, Female Dogwood of America, with very white Leaves, commonly called Swamp Dogwood.

1764 D. C. Solander Let. 17 Apr. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 625 In North America called Swamp-Dogwood.

1817 W. Darby Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 353 Cornus alba. Swamp dogwood.

1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 79 Poisonous Rhus. Poison Sumach. Poison Elder. Swamp Dogwood.

1948 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 12 52 Cornus obliqua (Swamp Dogwood).

1957 W. C. Grimm Bk. Shrubs 351 The Silky Dogwood is sometimes called the Silky Cornel, Swamp Dogwood, or Kinnikinnick.

1963 Amer. Speech 38 40 Swamp dogwood. Button bush, Cephalanthus occidentalis (Lyons).

2004 P. Loewer Jefferson’s Garden 223 Jefferson also grew the swamp dogwood (Cornus sanguinea),..known in seventeenth-century trade as the dogberry. Humphrey Marshall, another colonial who traded seeds with England, called it the American red-rod Cornus.

swamp elm n. Ulmus racemosa, also called rock elm.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun]

wycheOE

elmc1000

ulm-treec1000

witch hazela1400

all-heart1567

ulme1567

white elm1580

wych elm1582

witchen1594

weeping elm1606

trench-elm1676

smooth-leaved elm1731

witch elm1731

water elm1733

slippery elm1748

Scotch elm1769

wahoo1770

American elm1771

red elm1805

witches' elm1808

moose elm1810

cork-elm1813

rock elm1817

swamp elm1817

planer tree1819

Jersey elm1838

winged elm1858

sand elm1878

Exeter-elm1882

1817 W. Darby Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 356 Ulmus aquatica. Swamp elm.

swamp-fuchsia n. Eremophila maculata of Queensland.

1928 D. Cottrell Singing Gold i. v. 42 Rabbits crouched at the roots of stunted crimson swamp-fuchsia.

swamp gooseberry n. Ribes lacustre (Miller Plant-n. 1884).

swamp gum n. various species of Eucalyptus, of Australia and Tasmania.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees

yellow box1662

gum tree1676

white gum tree1733

whip-stick1782

peppermint1790

red gum tree1790

red mahogany1798

white gum1798

box1801

blue gum1802

eucalyptus1809

box tree1819

black-butted gum1820

bloodwood1827

white ash1830

blackbutt1833

morrel1837

mountain ash1837

mallee scrub1845

apple gum1846

flooded gum1847

Moreton Bay ash1847

mallee1848

swamp gum1852

box-gum1855

manna gum1855

white top1856

river gum1860

grey box1861

woolly butt1862

marlock1863

fever tree1867

red ironbark1867

river white gum1867

karri1870

yellow jacket1876

eucalypt1877

yapunyah1878

coolibah1879

scribbly gum1883

forest mahogany1884

yellow jack1884

rose gum1885

Jimmy Low1887

nankeen gum1889

slaty gum1889

sugar-gum1889

apple box1890

Murray red gum1895

creek-gum1898

eucalyptian1901

forest red gum1904

river red gum1920

napunyah1921

whitewash gum1923

ghost gum1928

snow gum1928

Sydney blue gum1932

salmon gum1934

lapunyah1940

1852 J. Mitchell in Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Van Diemen's Land 2 i. 132 The Swamp Gum grows to the largest size of any of this family in Van Diemen's Land.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 27 Eucalyptus Gunnii..in South-Eastern Australia..it is known as ‘White Gum’, ‘Swamp Gum’, or ‘White Swamp Gum’. Eucalyptus viminalis,..The ‘White Gum’, or ‘Swamp Gum’ of Tasmania.

swamp hickory n. the water hickory, Carya aquatica, or the bitternut hickory, C. cordiformis.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory

pohickory1644

pignut1666

hickory1670

hickory tree1682

shagbark1751

shell-bark1769

scaly-bark1775

swamp hickory1806

hognut hickory1810

kiskitomasa1817

water hickory1818

nutmeg hickory1832

king-nut1880

1806 J. Sibley in Message from President of U.S., communicating Discoveries made in exploring the Missouri by Captains Lewis & Clark 89 The growth, on the highest places, willow and cotton wood, but on the highest, handsome oaks, swamp hickory, ash, grape vines, &c.

1817 W. Darby Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 354 Juglans aquatica. Swamp hickory.

1912 I. S. Cobb Back Home 306 He was tough as swamp hickory.

1938 C. H. Matschat Suwannee River 161 They alus stuck togither tightern the bark on a swamp hickory.

swamp honeysuckle n. (a) Rhododendron viscosum ( Azalea viscosa); (b) a honeysuckle of eastern North America, Lonicera oblongifolia, with yellowish flowers and red berries.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons

mountain rose1640

rhododendron1657

Alpine rose1728

winterbloom1752

azalea1753

mountain rosebay1759

rosebay1760

rhodora1770

mountain laurel1785

swamp azalea1796

big laurel1810

rose tree1818

white honeysuckle1818

meadow pink1827

Pinkster1833

mayflower1838

alpenrose1839

swamp pink1840

rhodie1851

swamp honeysuckle1856

ponticum1875

tree azalea1884

rhodo1886

Kurume azalea1920

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > honeysuckle or woodbine

honeysuckOE

goat leafa1275

woodbinea1300

honeysucklea1400

suckle-bloom14..

bindc1440

goat's leaf1526

caprifoil1578

suckling1653

trumpet honeysuckle1731

white honeysuckle1731

dwarf honeysuckle1812

suckle1816

twinflower1836

fly-honeysuckle1861

linnaea1862

lonicera1863

swamp honeysuckle1958

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 257 Azalea viscosa, Clammy Azalea. White Swamp-Honeysuckle.

1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 47 Swamp Honeysuckle Lonicera oblongifolia... A more or less hairless honeysuckle.

swamp laurel n. (a) the sweetbay magnolia, M. virginiana; (b) formerly, also the pale American laurel, Kalmia polifolia.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias

sweet bay1716

umbrella-tree1739

swamp laurel1743

magnolia1748

tulip-tree1751

beaver-tree1756

tulip-laurel1766

champakc1770

cucumber-tree1784

mountain magnolia1785

swamp sassafras1796

laurel magnolia1806

beaver-wood1810

big laurel1810

yulan1822

chatta1834

cucumber1835

port wine magnolia1943

magnolioid1988

1743 J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica II. 83 Magnolia Laurifolia,..Swamp-Laurel.

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 65 Swamp laurel. Magnolia glauca.

1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 116 Kalmia glauca (swamp-laurel).

1869 J. G. Fuller Uncle John's Flower-gatherers 138 The farmers around here call it [sc. Kalmia] ‘Swamp-Laurel’.

1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 20 Sweet Bay..Swamp Laurel... A tree 15 to 22 meters in height.

swamp lily n. (a) the American Turk's-cap lily, Lilium superbum; (b) the genus Zephyranthes, of Mexico, South America, and the West Indies; (c) the lizard's-tail, Saururus cernuus; (d) Crinum americanum, which bears white flowers and is native to the south-eastern U.S.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American

innocent1600

lychnidea1733

swamp lily1737

atamasco lily1743

phlox1754

lychnis1760

painted cup1776

mountain pink1818

phacelia1818

innocence1821

Nemophila1822

clarkia1827

Physostegia1830

bitter root1838

standing cypress1841

false mermaid1845

lion's heart1845

shooting star1856

lewisia1863

satin flower1871

fame-flower1879

baby blue-eyes1887

mayflower1892

agastache1900

obedient plant1900

Pennsylvania anemone1900

rock rose1906

Virginia bluebell1934

parsley1936

poached egg flower1963

poached eggs1971

poached egg plant1977

lily971

lily-flower1340

martagon1440

delucea1450

red lily1531

purple lily1578

mountain lily1597

gold lily1629

Turk's cap1672

turn-cap1688

Juno's rose1706

orange lily1731

Canada lily1771

Japan lily1813

tiger-lily1824

Annunciation lily1853

Easter lily1860

golden-rayed lily1865

scarlet martagon1867

Japanese lily1870

Madonna lily1877

Bermuda lily1882

thimble lily1883

panther lily1884

triplet lily1884

turban-lily1884

Mary-lily1893

tiger1901

leopard lily1902

lilium1902

swamp lily1902

Washington lily1911

Shasta lily1915

regal lily1916

regale1920

Oregon lily1925

1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 21 Another Weed, vulgarly called the Swamp-Lillie..grows in the Marshes and low Grounds, and is something like our Dock in its Leaves.

1814 W. Roxburgh Hortus Bengalensis 23 Crinum americanum. Swamp lily. N.S. Wales.

1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 180 On the green bank of our flower-bordered brook, the American swamp-lily finds its natural place.

swamp locust-tree n. Gleditsia aquatica (formerly called Gleditschia monosperma).

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 868 Gleditschia..monosperma Ph. Swamp Locust Tree.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. (at cited word) Locust-tree... Swamp or water. Gleditschia monosperma.

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swamp loosestrife n. Decodon verticillatus or Nesæa verticillata (Treas. Bot. 1866).

swamp-lover n. the stud-flower, Helonias bullata.

swamp magnolia n. (a) = swamp laurel n. (a); (b) M. grandiflora.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 422 The Sweet Bay is..not to be compared to the Swamp Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).

swamp mahogany n. Australian any of several trees with hard durable wood growing in swampy places, esp. the eucalypt Eucalyptus robusta, native to coastal regions of eastern Australia; the wood of any of these trees.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian

tallow-tree1704

rata1773

rosewood1779

red mahogany1798

ironbark1799

wild orange1802

red gum1803

rewarewa1817

red cedar1818

black-butted gum1820

Huon pine1820

miro1820

oak1821

horoeka1831

hinau1832

maire1832

totara1832

blackbutt1833

marri1833

raspberry jam tree1833

kohekohe1835

puriri1835

tawa1839

hickory1840

whau1840

pukatea1841

titoki1842

butterbush1843

iron gum1844

York gum1846

mangeao1848

myall1848

ironheart1859

lilly-pilly1860

belah1862

flindosa1862

jarrah1866

silky oak1866

teak of New South Wales1866

Tolosa-wood1866

turmeric-tree1866

walking-stick palm1869

tooart1870

queenwood1873

tarairi1873

boree1878

yate1880

axe-breaker1884

bangalay1884

coachwood1884

cudgerie1884

feather-wood1884

forest mahogany1884

maiden's blush1884

swamp mahogany1884

tallow-wood1884

teak of New Zealand1884

wandoo1884

heartwood1885

ivorywood1887

Jimmy Low1887

Burdekin plum1889

corkwood1889

pigeon-berry ash1889

red beech1889

silver beech1889

turnip-wood1891

black bean1895

red bean1895

pinkwood1898

poplar1898

rose mahogany1898

quandong1908

lancewood1910

New Zealand honeysuckle1910

Queensland walnut1919

mahogany gum1944

Australian mahogany1948

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees > swamp mahogany

bangalay1884

swamp mahogany1884

1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 71 Swamp Mahogany.—A large tree..with a rough furrowed bark.

1886 T. Heney Fortunate Days 50 Swamp-mahogany's floss-flowered arms.

swamp maple n. = red maple n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(d) (Miller); also several other species, as the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, the mountain maple, A. spicatum, and the allied Negundo californicum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun]

maple treeOE

maplec1385

plane tree1562

great maple1597

sycamore-tree1597

sycamore1598

sugar-tree1705

sugar maple1731

red maple1767

scarlet maple1768

rock maple1774

white maple1774

silk wood1775

moosewood1778

mountain maple1785

box elder1787

acer1793

sycamore maple1796

mock plane1797

Montpellier maple1797

water maple1803

soft maple1806

sugar-wood1809

swamp maple1810

low maple1813

maple bush1821

Neapolitan maple1833

snake-bark1838

moose-maple1839

sap-tree1843

Manitoba maple1887

Japanese maple1898

curly maple1909

Queensland maple1915

paperbark maple1927

Amur maple1934

1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 28 Red flowering maple,..Swamp maple,..Soft maple..[ou] Maple tree..dans Pensylvanie, la Virginia, et l'Ohio.

1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xiv. 153 Here and there, a swamp-maple seemed all one crimson flame.

1907 N.Y. Evening Post (semi-weekly ed.) 4 Apr. 6 In the moist lowlands where the skunk cabbage has its home the swamp maple puts forth its flowers.

1936 E. B. White Let. 3 Sept. (1976) 141 Joe and I have gathered boughs of red swamp maple, to decorate the back porch.

1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xxii. 221/1 The most important American soft maples are the red or swamp maple..and the silver maple.

swamp-moss n. = bog moss n. at bog n.¹ Compounds 3.

swamp pea-tree n. sensitive joint-vetch, Æschynomene hispida.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants

peaseOE

vetchc1400

hatchet vetch1548

mock liquorice1548

scorpion's tail1548

ax-fitch1562

ax-seed1562

axwort1562

treacle clover1562

lady's finger1575

bird's-foot1578

goat's rue1578

horseshoe1578

caterpillar1597

kidney-vetch1597

horseshoe-vetch1640

goat rue1657

kidney-fetch1671

galega1685

stanch1726

scorpion senna1731

Dolichos1753

Sophora1753

partridge pea1787

bauhinia1790

coronilla1793

swamp pea-tree1796

Mysore thorn1814

devil's shoestring1817

pencil flower1817

rattlebox1817

Canavalia1828

milk plant1830

joint-vetch1836

milk pea1843

prairie clover1857

oxytrope1858

rattleweed1864

wart-herb1864

snail-flower1866

poison pea1884

masu1900

money bush1924

Townsville stylo1970

orange bird's-foot2007

1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp pea-tree, Aeschynomene aquatica.

swamp pink n. = swamp honeysuckle n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons

mountain rose1640

rhododendron1657

Alpine rose1728

winterbloom1752

azalea1753

mountain rosebay1759

rosebay1760

rhodora1770

mountain laurel1785

swamp azalea1796

big laurel1810

rose tree1818

white honeysuckle1818

meadow pink1827

Pinkster1833

mayflower1838

alpenrose1839

swamp pink1840

rhodie1851

swamp honeysuckle1856

ponticum1875

tree azalea1884

rhodo1886

Kurume azalea1920

1840 J. Bigelow Plants of Boston 52 Azalea viscosa, Wild honeysuckle, Swamp pink.

1898 Atlantic Monthly 82 499/1 The familiar sweet-scented white azalea.., the ‘swamp pink’ of my boyhood.

swamp rice n. = Canada n.¹ rice.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > rice > types of rice or rice-plants

fundi1670

ricea1710

wild rice1748

zizania1756

zizany1759

water oats1771

Canada rice1786

Carolina rice1787

menomin1791

Patna rice1795

Indian rice1809

pulut1820

dhan1832

hungry rice1858

swamp rice1861

Menominee1949

miracle rice1968

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 697 A serviceable grain known as Canada Rice or Swamp Rice.

swamp rose n. Rosa carolina ( Treas. Bot. 1866); also, another wild North American rose, Rosa palustris.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush

summer rosea1456

French rose1538

damask rose?a1547

musk rose1559

province1562

winter rose1577

Austrian brier1590

rose of Provence1597

velvet rose1597

damasine-rose1607

Provence rose1614

blush-rose1629

maiden's blush1648

monthly rose tree1664

Provinsa1678

York and Lancaster rose1688

cinnamon rose1699

muscat rose1707

cabbage rose1727

China-rose1731

old-fashioned rose1773

moss rose1777

swamp rose1785

alba1797

Cherokee rose1804

Macartney rose1811

shepherd's rose1818

multiflora1820

prairie rose1822

Boursault1826

Banksian rose1827

maiden rose1827

moss1829

Noisette1829

seven sisters rose1830

Dundee rambler1834

Banksia rose1835

Chickasaw rose1835

Bourbon1836

climbing rose1836

green rose1837

hybrid China1837

Jaune Desprez1837

Lamarque1837

perpetual1837

pillar rose1837

rambler1837

wax rose1837

rugosa1840

China1844

Manetti1846

Banksian1847

remontant1847

gallica1848

hybrid perpetual1848

Persian Yellow1848

pole rose1848

monthly1849

tea rose1850

quarter sessions rose1851

Gloire de Dijon1854

Jacqueminot1857

Maréchal Niel1864

primrose1864

jack1867

La France1868

tea1869

Ramanas rose1876

Japanese rose1883

polyantha1883

old rose1885

American Beauty1887

hybrid tea1890

Japan rose1895

roselet1896

floribunda1898

Zéphirine Drouhin1901

Penzance briar1902

Dorothy Perkins1903

sweetheart1905

wichuraiana1907

mermaid1918

species rose1930

sweetheart rose1936

peace1944

shrub rose1948

1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 135 Swamp Pennsylvanian Rose..[rises] to a height of four or five feet.

1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 121 Swamp rose..grows in swamps and wet grounds.

1902 Outing June 272/2 The Carolina or swamp rose..is well known to us all.

swamp sassafras n. = swamp laurel n. (a).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias

sweet bay1716

umbrella-tree1739

swamp laurel1743

magnolia1748

tulip-tree1751

beaver-tree1756

tulip-laurel1766

champakc1770

cucumber-tree1784

mountain magnolia1785

swamp sassafras1796

laurel magnolia1806

beaver-wood1810

big laurel1810

yulan1822

chatta1834

cucumber1835

port wine magnolia1943

magnolioid1988

1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp sassafras, Magnolia glauca.

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 479 Magnolia glauca is deciduous. In America it is known by the names of white laurel, swamp sassafras, and beaver tree.

swamp sumac n. the poison sumac, Rhus vernix.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]

buck's-horna1450

rhus?1541

sumac1548

Venice sumac1597

poisonwood1671

poison tree1676

swamp sumac1722

urushi1727

stag-horn1753

Venetian sumac1755

poison ash1757

ipoh1779

poison sumac1785

ailanthus tree1789

Japan varnish1789

vinegar-plant1797

mountain sumac1813

poison dogwood1814

upas1814

karee1815

fustet1821

taaibos1821

poison elder1822

varnish sumac1822

Japan lacquer1835

tree of heaven1845

anacard1847

smoke plant1856

tanners' sumac1858

swamp dogwood1859

smoke-tree1860

wax-tree1866

wig-sumac1867

wig-tree1867

burnwood1874

vinegar-tree1874

mountain manchineel1884

valley of death tree1888

sugar-bush1900

smoke bush1902

1722 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 145 The Poyson-Wood-Tree..is by some called the Swamp Sumach.

1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 72 Rhus vernix. Poison dogwood. Swamp Sumach... Grows in bunches in wet swamps.

1945 H. T. Darlington Higher Plants Michigan 25 Red maple and swamp sumac..may add to the brilliant effect.

swamp tea tree n. species of Melaleuca, of Australia and Tasmania.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun]

myrt?a1200

myrt-treea1382

mirtusc1384

myrtine?a1450

myrtle tree1548

myrtle1562

nerte1585

Australian tea1728

Bencoolen tea1728

New Zealand tea1728

Scotch gale1795

Callistemon1814

manuka1832

myrtal1846

mangrove-myrtle1847

swamp tea tree1862

lid-flower1866

Barringtonia1871

tea-broom1872

kanuka1906

myrtle-of-the-river1919

1862 W. Archer in G. Whiting Products Tasmania 29 Swamp Tea-tree (Melaleuca ericœfolia).

swamp-weed n. Selliera radicans (Miller).

swamp willow n. the pussy-willow, Salix discolor.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow

red willow1547

water willow1583

goat's willow1597

rose willow1597

sweet willow1597

French willow1601

siler1607

palm-withy1609

sallowie1610

swallowtail willow1626

willow bay1650

black willow1670

crack-willow1670

grey willow1697

water sallow1761

almond willowa1763

swallow-tailed willow1764

swamp willow1765

golden osier1772

golden willow1772

purple willow1773

sand-willow1786

goat willow1787

purple osier1797

whipcord1812

Arctic willow1818

sage-willow1846

pussy willow1851

Kilmarnock willow1854

sweet-bay willow1857

pussy1858

palm willow1869

Spaniard1871

ground-willow1875

Spanish willow1875

snap-willow1880

diamond willow1884

sandbar willow1884

pussy palm1886

creeping willow1894

bat-willow1907

cricket bat willow1907

silver willow1914

1765 J. Bartram Diary 31 July in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1942) 33 17/1 They have y^e upland willow oak with A hoary leafe, & y^e swamp willow with A narrow leafe.

1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's 23 The pond lay in a sort of basin, with..swamp-willows dipping down into its brink.

swamp-wood n. the North American leather-wood, Dirca palustris.

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Chiefly U.S. Politics. to drain the swamp: to rid an institution or society of an entrenched and harmful influence, esp. a source or agent of corruption.In later use, popularized by the use by Ronald Reagan in quot. 1982. See also quot. 1982 at up to one's armpits in alligators at alligator n.² Phrases from the same speech.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor; see also when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that you're there to drain the swamp at alligator n.² Phrases.

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1899 Arena June 769 The swamp of bossism and corruption is at last being drained, and the solid ground of honest and popular administration is being regained.

1912 V. L. Berger Broadsides 107 We should have to drain the swamp—change the capitalist system—if we want to get rid of those mosquitos.

1982 R. Reagan in Register (Orange County, Calif.) 21 Jan. a17/1 That is why you're here and I'm here:..to drain the swamp of over-taxation, over-regulation and runaway inflation that has dangerously eroded our free way of life.

2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. a20 House Republicans made it clear that they had no real intention of draining the Washington swamp.

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单词	swamp
释义	swampn. Brit. /swɒmp/, U.S. /swɑmp/ Forms: Also 1700s swomp. Etymology: First recorded as a term peculiar to the North American colony of Virginia, but probably in local use before in England; compare quot. 1691 at sense 1b, and the apparently related sump n.Possibly taken in from Low German, where, however, the sense of ‘marsh’ is not recorded (but compare Low German swampen , used of the quaking of boggy land). The instance of the meaning ‘mushroom’ (sense 2), which was that of Old English swamm , may be due to an occasional borrowing from a foreign source. Usually referred to the root which is the base of the several Germanic formations swamp- , swamb- , and swamm- , with the meaning ‘sponge’ or ‘fungus’, represented by Middle Low German (Low German) swamp* , Old High German (Middle High German) swamp , swamb- , Old Norse svǫppr ( < swampuz ), Middle Swedish svamper* , Swedish, Danish svamp , and Old English swamm , (Middle) Low German, Old High German swam (German schwamm ), early modern Dutch swamme (Dutch zwam ), Gothic swamm accusative singular. The radical notion is perhaps preserved in Greek σομϕός (? < swombhós ) spongy, porous. For other possible relations see swamp adj. and swang n. 1. a. A tract of low-lying ground in which water collects; a piece of wet spongy ground; a marsh or bog. Originally and in early use only in the North American colonies, where it denoted a tract of rich soil having a growth of trees and other vegetation, but too moist for cultivation (see quots. 1741, 1766, 1766). ΘΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] marsheOE fenc888 sladec893 moorOE mossOE marshlandlOE lay-fena1225 lay-mirea1225 moor-fenc1275 flosha1300 strother?a1300 marish1327 carrc1330 waterlanda1382 gaseync1400 quaba1425 paludec1425 mersec1440 sumpa1450 palus?1473 wash1483 morass1489 oozea1500 bog?a1513 danka1522 fell1538 soga1552 Camarine1576 gog1583 swale1584 sink1594 haga1600 mere1609 flata1616 swamp1624 pocosin1634 frogland1651 slash1652 poldera1669 savannah1671 pond-land1686 red bog1686 swang1691 slack1719 flowa1740 wetland1743 purgatory1760 curragh1780 squall1784 marais1793 vlei1793 muskeg1806 bog-pit1820 prairie1820 fenhood1834 pakihi1851 terai1852 sponge1856 takyr1864 boglet1869 sinkhole1885 grimpen1902 sphagnum bog1911 blanket bog1939 string bog1959 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia* iv. 163 Some small Marshes and Swamps there are, but more profitable than hurtfull. 1685 W. Penn Further Acct. Pennsylvania 7 Our Swamps or Marshes yeeld us course Hay for the Winter. 1694 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 124 [Musk-rats] build Houses as Beavers do, in the Marshes, and Swamps (as they there [i.e. in Virginia] call them) by the Water-sides. 1741 P. Tailfer et al. Narr. Georgia 96 A Swamp is any low watery Place, which is covered with Trees or Canes: They are here of three Sorts, Cypress, River, and Cane Swamps. 1766 W. Stork Acct. E.-Florida 26 (note) The word swamp is peculiar to America; it there signifies a tract of land that is sound and good, but by lying low is covered by water. All the forest trees (pine excepted) thrive best in the swamps, where the soil is always rich. 1875 J. H. Temple & G. Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass. 21 Swamps.—As used by our fathers in the earliest times, this term did not necessarily denote marshy ground; but flat land which from its peculiar location had escaped the ravages of the annual fires set by the Indians, and was covered with an old growth of wood. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 159 Our Men..shot a Brace of Deer, as they were feeding by the Side of a swamp or moist Ground.1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liii. 20 Ground which the rain had turned into a swamp.1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. iii. 125 The Pontine Marshes, formerly the abode of thirty nations, are now a pestilential swamp.1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 235 The river Desaguadero..falls into the salt lake and swamps of Aullagas.figurative.1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 379 In this flat swamp of convalescence, left by the ebb of sickness.1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 173 It has stagnated in the sunless swamps of a theosophy. b. local. See quots., and cf. sump n.. Also, in Australia, a shallow lake or pond. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine work1474 firework1606 stemple1653 stool1653 bink1675 engine pit1687 swamp1691 feeder1702 wall1728 bag1742 sill1747 stope1747 rose cistern1778 striking-house1824 plat1828 stemplar1828 screen chamber1829 offtake1835 footwall1837 triple pit1839 stamp1849 paddock1852 working floor1858 pit house1866 ground-sluice1869 screen tower1871 planilla1877 undercurrent1877 mill1878 blanket-sluice1881 stringing-deal1881 wagon-breast1881 brushing-bed1883 poppet-leg1890 slippet1898 stable1906 overcut1940 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > other slack?a1400 swamp1691 cauldrona1763 hog wallow1829 tomo1859 kettle1866 pocket1869 dolina1882 kettle hole1883 frost hollow1895 impact crater1895 uvala1902 frost pocket1907 sotch1910 pingo1938 lagg1939 tafoni1942 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 115 A Swamp, a low hollow place in any part of a field. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 184 Swamp, a depression in a nearly horizontal bed, in which water may collect. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Swamp, a depression or natural hollow in a seam. †2. A mushroom. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fungi > [noun] > mushroom mushroom1440 champignon1578 swamp1631 morel1653 moriglio1698 flap1744 agaric1777 chanterelle1777 flab?18.. nutmeg-boletus1813 blewits1830 mitre mushroom1854 cèpe1865 horse mushroom1866 matsutake1877 girolle1894 shiitake1925 miller1954 old man of the woods1972 king bolete1976 shroom1977 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > mushroom mushroom1440 swamp1631 musher1883 mushie1935 1631 D. Widdowes tr. W. A. Scribonius Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 39 In the body of the [larch] tree groweth Fungus Agaricus, a swamp or mush rome. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. swamp-dweller n. Π 1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 790/1 Quaint and indolent pine-landers and degraded swamp-dwellers, have all supplied our literary comedians with unique characters. 1908 H. R. Haggard Ghost Kings xiv. 193 The Swamp-dwellers, who had their homes upon the banks of the Tugela. swamp earth n. Π 1840 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. (ed. 2) 47 To blend with it [sc. calcareous soil] quantities of peat or swamp earth. swamp forest n. Π 1909 E. Warming et al. Oecol. Plants lx. 234 (heading) Littoral swamp-forest. Mangrove. 1955 P. A. Buxton Nat. Hist. Tsetse Flies ix. 269 In places there are ‘swamp forests’..the trees growing in a few feet of water at all seasons. 1964 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla viii. 196 The swamp forest that grows in the low country bordering the South China Sea. swamp-jungle n. Π 1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 108 Torrential floods, which..support a dense swamp-jungle. swamp land n. Π 1662 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1912) XIV. 433 One Parcel of land..being Swamp land. 1701 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 125 A Certaine ffarme or tract of land consisting of upland swampe land & Meadow land. 1765 R. Rogers Conc. Acct. N. Amer. 138 The swamp-lands are covered with cyprus, or reeds. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 95 A vast body of rich swamp land, fit for the growth of Rice. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States ii. 151 The value of the swamp land varies with the wood upon it. 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont Board Agric. 550 Now one hundred acres of what was swamp land can be mowed with a machine. 1908 S. E. White Riverman v. 49 Thickets of overflowed swampland. swamp-lover n. (see Compounds 5). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers dog's tooth1578 daylily1597 mountain saffron1597 phalangium1608 Savoy spiderwort1629 hemerocallis1648 tuberose1664 St Bruno's lily1706 superb lily1731 agapanthus1789 Spanish squill1790 erythronium1797 Tritoma1804 Spanish harebell1808 veltheimia1808 adder's tongue1817 bunch flower1818 Puschkinia1820 hedychium1822 eremurus1836 flame lily1841 lily pink1848 mountain spiderwort1849 lloydia1850 kniphofia1854 garland-flower1866 red-hot poker1870 swamp-lover1878 African lily1882 flame-flower1882 Scarborough lily1882 wood-lily1882 St. Bernard lily1883 torch-lily1884 rajanigandha1885 ginger lily1892 chinkerinchee1904 snow lily1907 sand lily1909 avalanche lily1912 Spanish bluebell1924 mountain lily1932 chink1949 poker1975 1878 T. Meehan Native Flowers & Ferns U.S. I. 36 Swamp-lover. swamp-man n. Π 1908 Chambers's Jrnl. May 352/1 It [sc. a tree] may also topple over in the wrong direction and before the cutters and swampmen can get out of the way. swamp meadow n. Π 1697 Cambridge (Mass.) Proprietors' Rec. (1896) 344 Four Rods of fence, Lyeing att the head of Samuel Hastings Swampmeadow. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 80 Out in the swamp meadow the tall clumps of boneset show their dull white crests. 1951 R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains 41 We sat around..talking of range cows, and tough trails, slough grass and swamp meadows. swamp muck n. Π 1840 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. (ed. 2) 73 Peat earth, or swamp muck, is vegetable food, in an insoluble state. swamp mud n. Π 1821 Massachusetts Spy 21 Feb. 4/5 I agree that swamp mud or, as the Scotch and English farmers call it, peat moss..is not manure. 1897 A. C. Gunter Don Balasco xiii. 160 His costume..is covered with swamp mud and coral dust. swamp peat n. Π 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 9 The lowest stratum..consists of swamp-peat composed chiefly of moss or sphagnum. swamp poison n. Π 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. i. 51 Exposed to swamp-poison. swamp region n. Π 1875 tr. H. Hertz in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 564 The warm swamp-regions of the Australian coast. swamp shell n. Π 1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 409 One swamp shell, viz., Succinea amphibia. swamp-side n. Π 1677 W. Hubbard Narrative (1865) I. 111 They were set upon by many hundreds of the Indians out of the Bushes by the Swamp-side. swamp soil n. swamp water n. Π 1883 Science 2 39/1 Their projection above the level of the roots depending on the depth of the swamp-waters. b. swamp-loving adj. Π 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 173 That swamp-loving, cold-braving, shade-seeking plant. C2. swamp buggy n. North American a vehicle used in swampy regions; spec. a tracked vehicle which can pull a heavily loaded trailer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle caterpillar tractor1908 crawler tractor1922 swamp buggy1941 weasel1944 1941 National Geographic Mag. June 706 Their ‘swamp-buggy’ is a seagoing amphibious-looking vehicle. Its 10-foot high wheels are equipped with fat, fin-studded oversized tires which act as propellers; when the odd vehicle leaves the land and takes to water, it begins to swim. 1966 North (Ottawa) July 14/2 When the usually dependable swamp buggy breaks down, it's back to the dog team. 1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 7/5 While the public sleeps, a Pandora's Box is opening to release a flood of hovercraft, dune buggies, swamp buggies, trail bikes, air sleds and airboats on the long-suffering landscape of crowded Southern Ontario. swamp-chain n. swamp cooler n. U.S. (see quot. 1950). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > cooling agent or appliance > [noun] > cooling system for house swamp cooler1950 1950 Newsweek 14 Aug. 51 In dry climates it is possible to rig up a primitive but highly effective cooling system, called a ‘swamp cooler’. It consists simply of a fan blowing over an excelsior mat which is drenched with dripping water. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. (Weekender Mag.) 9/1 A swamp cooler has maybe five moving parts; if it quits, you go up on the roof, look to see which part has quit moving, and replace it. swamp fever n. (a) malarial fever prevalent in swampy regions; (b) a contagious virus disease of horses, causing anæmia, emaciation, and usually death. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > malaria fever and ague1666 helodes1724 Roman fever1726 malaria1740 marsh fever1752 fen-fever1772 dumb ague1793 malaria fever1818 Panama fever1849 swamp fever1870 melanuric fever1875 tap1882 subtertian1902 the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > other disorders of horses trench?a1450 colt-evilc1460 affreyd?1523 cholera1566 crick1566 incording1566 leprosy1566 taint1566 eyesore1576 fistula1576 wrench1578 birth1600 garrot1600 stithy1600 stifling1601 stranglings1601 hungry evil1607 pose1607 crest-fall1609 pompardy1627 felteric1639 quick-scab1639 shingles1639 clap1684 sudden taking1688 bunches1706 flanks1706 strangles1706 chest-founderingc1720 body-founder1737 influenza1792 foundering1802 horse-sickness1822 stag-evil1823 strangullion1830 shivering1847 dourine1864 swamp fever1870 African horse sickness1874 horse-pox1884 African horse disease1888 wind-stroke1890 thump1891 leucoencephalitis1909 western equine encephalitis1933 stachybotryotoxicosis1945 rhinopneumonitis1957 1870 C. Kingsley At Last xiii A strong touch of his old swamp-fever. 1903 Rep. Min. Agric. Canada 1902 85 There has been known in the Red River Valley a peculiar and very fatal disease of horses... It is a disease of low lying and swampy country and it is therefore popularly known as swamp fever. 1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 July 2/3 Swamp fever..equine infectious anemia—has ravaged almost half of..the little ponies. swamp fire n. Canadian methane burning in a swampy area; a will-o'-the-wisp (also used in metaphorical comparisons). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp fox-fire1483 foolish fire1563 ignis fatuus1563 fool's fire1583 Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584 going fire1596 will-o'-the-wisp1596 meteor1597 firedrake1607 wisp1618 ambulones1621 Dick-a-Tuesday1636 friar's lantern1645 gillian burnt-tail1654 Jill-burnt-tail1654 Jack-o'-lantern1658 fatuous fire1661 wildfire1663 wandering fire or light1667 Jack-a-Lent1680 fairy light1722 spunkie1727 Jill-o'-the-wisp1750 fen-fire1814 fatuus1820 marsh-light1823 feu follet1832 wisp-lighta1847 hob-lantern1847 ghost light1849 elf-fire1855 Peggy-with-her-lantern1855 fatuous light1857–8 marsh-fire1865 swamp fire1903 Min-Min1950 1903 S. E. White Forest 122 Like swamp-fire, it lured the imagination always on and on and on through the secret waterways of the uninhabited North. 1954 V. Lysenko Yellow Boots 146 Behind them the swamp fire, like a gigantic Jack o'lantern, bumped and danced and ran around the sky, then finally, as it reached the ground, evaporated into the night air. 1982 H. Lieberman Night Call iii. 12 Daughtry's reputation..traveled like swampfire. swamp-hook n. U.S. a long chain, a large hook used in swamping logs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > lumberer's hook pike-pole1765 picaroon1837 pickpole1837 fid-hook1851 driving-pike1877 swamp-hook1877 peavey1878 Samson1905 1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 22 Dec. Swamp Hooks, Pevys, Skidding Tongs always on hand. swamp-ore n. [German sumpferz] bog iron ore. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > bog bog-mine1590 bog-mine-ore1764 bog ore1772 bog iron ore1789 swampy iron ore1796 morassy iron ore1801 morass ore1805 black ram1808 limonite1823 swamp-ore1839 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 834 Bog-ore, swamp-ore, and meadow-ore. swamp plough n. New Zealand a type of plough with a large mould-board, for use on heavy soils. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other types of plough ox-plough?1523 double plough1653 chip plough1742 Rotherham plough1743 fluke plough1775 breaking plough1781 miner1794 snap-plough1798 turf-cutter1819 scooter plough1820 bull-tongue1831 prairie plough1831 split-plough1840 prairie breaker1857 straddle-plough1875 tickle-plough1875 chill-plough1886 stump-jump1896 swamp plough1930 prairie buster1943 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. iii. 42 They..spent a lot of money in cutting the scrub, crushing it down with rollers, and ploughing it in with swamp ploughs. 1973 Massey Ferguson Rev. (N.Z.) Mar.–Apr. 5/1 He..leaves it for two years before getting to work with a 19-inch swamp plough. swamp rock n. a type of rock music associated with the southern U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > rock > types of jazz-rock1915 rockabilly1956 rockaboogie1956 hard rock1959 folk-rock1963 soft rock1965 surf rock1965 acid rock1966 raga rock1966 progressive rock1968 Christian rock1969 cock rock1970 punk1970 punk rock1970 space rock1970 swamp rock1970 techno-rock1971 glitter rock1972 grunge1973 glam-rock1974 pub rock1974 alternative rock1975 dinosaur rock1975 prog rock1976 AOR1977 New Wave1977 pomp rock1978 prog1978 anarcho-punk1979 stadium rock1979 oi1981 alt-rock1982 noise1982 noise-rock1982 trash1983 mosh1985 emo-core1986 Goth1986 rawk1987 emo1988 grindcore1989 darkwave1990 queercore1991 lo-fi1993 dadrock1994 nu metal1995 1970 Guardian 17 Apr. 10/2 Then Creedence. The band['s]..music, like that of Delaney and Bonnie, is called ‘swamp rock’, and identified with the Southern States of America. swamp Yankee n. U.S. dialect (see quot. 1963). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun] countrymanc1300 landmana1400 Jack (John) Upland1402 rurala1475 rustical?1532 rusticc1550 Jock upalanda1568 John Uponlanda1568 rustican1570 countrywoman1679 country cousin1692 ruralist1739 country mouse1750 backwoodsman1774 back-countryman1796 mountaineer1837 ruralite1841 mountain man1847 smock-frock1858 way back1890 woop woop1936 swamp Yankee1941 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > of a specific country > American wool hat1794 redneck1830 swamp Yankee1941 1941 H. Kurath et al. Linguistic Atlas New Eng. II. ii. Map 450 The map shows a great variety of terms, largely derogatory and jocular, applied to a person who lives in the country—specifically to an old farmer who seldom visits the village or city. The following terms were recorded in more than one community: rustic,..swamp Yankee, hayback, hayseed or hayseeder. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 121 The term swamp Yankee may be defined as ‘a rural New England dweller who abides today as a steadfast rustic and who is of Yankee stock that has endured in the New England area since the colonial days.’ 1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill iv. 104 That back country's full of swamp Yankees, guys..that impregnate their own daughters. C3. In names of animals (mostly birds) inhabiting swamps. swamp adder n. Π 1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes viii. 207 It is a swamp adder!..the deadliest snake in India. swamp bee n. Π 1885 H. C. McCook Tenants Old Farm 171 I have heard countrymen call the species of which you speak the swamp-bee; its scientific name is probably Bombus separatus. swamp bird n. Π 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp bird, the yellow-poll warbler, Motacilla aestiva. 1884 H. Seebohm Hist. Brit. Birds II. 230 Red-throated Pipit. It is very decidedly a swamp-bird. swamp finch n. Π 1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 206 Swamp finch. Fringilla iliaca. swamp hawk n. Π 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Swamp-Hawk, another name for the New Zealand Harrier. C4. swamp-angel n. U.S. a name for the hermit thrush and the wood thrush; also transferred or allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > hylocichla mustelina (wood thrush) wood-thrush1791 wood-robin1808 swamp-angel1858 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > catharus guttatus (hermit-thrush) > catharus guttatus (hermit-thrush) hermit-thrush1831 swamp-angel1858 1858 H. C. Kimball in Jrnl. Discourses V. 31/2 Angels who would thus visit you are swamp angels,—they are filthy. 1871 J. Burroughs Wake-robin 25 The wood-thrush..is quite a rare bird,..being found in the Middle and Eastern States,..only in the deepest and most remote forests, usually in damp and swampy localities. On this account the people in the Adirondack region call it the ‘Swamp Angel’. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 117 The Swamp Angel of General Gillmore, as his monster-gun in the swamps was ironically called. swamp blackbird n. = marsh blackbird n. at marsh n.¹ Compounds 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird) red-winged starling1729 red-winged blackbird?1769 maize thief1772 redwing1778 red-winged oriole1785 red-winged troopial1825 redwing blackbird1830 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 swamp blackbird1891 officer1902 1891 Cent. Dict. Swamp-blackbird. 1895 Outing 27 75/1 A huge flock of swamp blackbirds covered the ground. swamp crake n. Ortygometra tabuensis, of Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > member of genus Porzana ortolan1666 sora1705 quail1768 swamp crakea1891 Laysan rail1893 a1891 W. L. Buller in Cent. Dict. Swamp-crake. swamp deer n. Rucervus duvaucelli, of India; see also barasingha n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Cervus > Cervus duvaucelii (swamp deer) barasingha1862 swamp deer1874 1874 T. C. Jerdon Mammals India (new ed.) 254 The Swamp Deer... Horns very large and moderately stout. 1891 Cent. Dict. Swamp-deer. 1902 T. W. Webber Forests Upper India xxi. 312 A very fine specimen of the big swamp deer or barasingha, with 12-tined horns. swamp hare n. Lepus aquaticus, of the southern U.S., also called water-rabbit. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Sylvilagus (cotton-tail) > sylvilagus aquaticus (swamp rabbit) swamp rabbit1845 water rabbit1857 swamp hare1891 1891 Cent. Dict. Swamp-hare. 1897 Field 6 Feb. 167/3 The swamp, or northern hare, is a big strong animal. swamp harrier n. a harrier, Circus approximans, of Australasian wetlands, now regarded as conspecific with the marsh harrier, C. aeruginosus. Π 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Swamp harrier. 1958 M. Sharland Tasmanian Birds xii. 81 Swamp Hawk Circus approximans (Swamp Harrier). 1991 G. Pizzey Birds Austral. 85 Our most familiar species, commonly known as the Swamp Harrier.., is now regarded as conspecific with the widespread Marsh Harrier, C. aeruginosus. swamp hen n. a name for various rails, esp. of the genus Porphyrio (cf. marsh hen n. at marsh n.¹ Compounds 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen) porphyrioa1425 purple gallinule1782 purple water-hen1790 pukeko1835 sultana1837 swamp hen1848 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. VI. pl. 70 Porphyrio Bellus,..Swamp-Hen, Colonists of Western Australia. 1888 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zealand II. 81 The Swamp-hen is widely distributed over Tasmania, the greater part of the continent of Australia [etc.]. swamp partridge n. the spruce partridge or Canada grouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > dendrogapus canadensis (spruce grouse) spruce partridgea1771 wood-grouse1776 Richardson's grouse1831 spruce grouse1842 swamp partridge1874 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 394 Swamp Partridge. swamp pheasant n. the Pheasant Coucal of New South Wales, Centropus phasianus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > member of genus Centropus (coucal) > centropus phasianus (pheasant-coucal) pheasant coucal1801 pheasant cuckoo1827 swamp pheasant1847 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 60 A Centropus phasianellus (the Swamp pheasant of Moreton Bay) was shot. 1890 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 94 Although it is really a cuckoo, the colonists call it the ‘swamp pheasant’, because it has a tail like a pheasant. swamp quail n. any species of the genus Synœcus, of Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous members gold pheasant1765 white-eared1780 cheer1826 tragopan1829 koklass1864 tree-partridge1864 wood-quail1891 bush-quail1893 swamp quail1895 1895 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant Game-birds I. 191 The Australian Swamp-Quail. swamp rabbit n. either of two dark brown rabbits of the south-eastern U.S., the cane-cutter, Sylvilagus aquaticus, or the marsh rabbit, S. palustris; cf. swamp hare n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Sylvilagus (cotton-tail) > sylvilagus aquaticus (swamp rabbit) swamp rabbit1845 water rabbit1857 swamp hare1891 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Sylvilagus (cotton-tail) > other types of tapeti1613 swamp rabbit1845 sage rabbit1846 1845 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. I. 228 I had heard much of the swamp-rabbit, which they hunt near the coast in South Carolina and Georgia. 1875 Fur, Fin & Feather (ed. 3) 136/1 The ‘swamp rabbit’ inhabits the heavy timbered woodlands and river bottoms. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 51 The pair of black swamp rabbits was not new. 1964 W. H. Burt Field Guide Mammals (ed. 2) 223 Swamp Rabbit... This is a rich brownish-gray rabbit with coarse hair; feet rusty. swamp robin n. the cheewink or ground-robin, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, of North America; also, = towhee n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Piplio (ground-robin) towhee1731 swamp robin1769 chewink1792 ground-robin1794 joree1884 1769 R. Smith Jrnl. 18 May in Tour Four Great Rivers (1906) 41 The lively Note of the Swamp Robin, the Red Bird and other Birds from the earliest Dawn is entertaining. 1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 36 In Virginia, he [sc. the Towhe Bunting] is called the Bulfinch;..in Pennsylvania, the Chewink, and by others the Swamp Robin. 1955 Sci. News Let. 23 Apr. 271/2 Other names by which he [sc. the towhee or ground robin] is known include swamp robin, joree, bush-bird and turkey sparrow. swamp sparrow n. (a) a species of song-sparrow, Melospiza palustris, common in U.S. and Canada; (b) Sphenœacus punctatus of New Zealand, also called fern-bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > bowdleria punctata (fern-bird) swamp sparrow1811 matata1835 fern-bird1882 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > other or unspecified types of > song-sparrow song sparrow1810 swamp sparrow1811 rossignol1866 silver-tongue1884 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. III. 50 The Swamp Sparrow is five inches and a half long and seven inches and a half in extent. 1888 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zealand (ed. 2) II. 255 The melancholy cry of the Fern-bird is so general and persistent that its nickname of ‘Swamp-Sparrow’ is not undeserved. swamp wallaby n. a large wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, which has reddish or greyish fur with darker markings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > genus Wallabia (swamp wallaby) brush wallaby1896 swamp wallaby1896 1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketches Nat. Hist. Austral. ii. 40 Into the specific descriptions of the rock, swamp, brush, scrub and other wallabies I shall not enter. 1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. v. 47 The Swamp Wallaby..is usually placed in a separate genus Wallabia. swamp warbler n. one of several North American warblers, as Protonotaria citrea and Helmintherus vermivorus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus Helmitheros (worm-eating warbler) worm-eater1760 worm-eating warbler1817 Swainson's warbler1858 swamp warbler1859 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > protonotarius citrea (prothonotary warbler) prothonotary warbler1783 swamp warbler1859 1859 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 30 Apr. in Writings (1906) XII. ii. 167 This first off-coat warmth just preceding the advent of the swamp warblers (parti-colored, red-start, etc.) brings them out. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 291 Protonotaria, Golden Swamp Warblers. C5. Denoting plants or vegetable products (chiefly of North America) growing in swamps. See also swamp-oak n. a. swamp grass n. Π 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 82 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Many specimens of Bryaxis were beaten off of swamp grass. 1907 C. Hill-Tout Brit. N. Amer., Far West vi. 119 Various swamp grasses, of which the bulrush is the commonest specimen [used]. swamp plant n. Π 1775 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 942 Being a swamp plant, a north-east aspect will be the properest situation at first to plant it in. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 326 From out its dark waters no swamp plant, or tree grew. b. swamp dock n. swamp hellebore n. Π 1762 Eliot in J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 156 Take the roots of swamp hellebore (known in different places by the several names of skunk cabbage, tickle weed, bear root). swamp hickory n. swamp pine n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies > pitch-pines hard pine1531 pitch tree1538 torch-tree1601 pitch pine1662 piceaster1664 pitch1674 pitch fir1726 swamp pine1851 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Abies Pinus; Americana, palustris. The Swamp Pine. 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. p. xxii The Swamp Pine grows on barren wet land. 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 41 This difference is accounted for by..the tardiness with which the swamp Pine matures. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §600 P[inus] palustris, the Swamp-pine of Virginia. 1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 15 Swamp Pine..similar to Pitch Pine. swamp privet n. swamp silk-weed n. Π 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 595 Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Silk-weed. C6. swamp-apple n. = honeysuckle apple n. at honeysuckle n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > other edible fungi Jew's ear1544 morel1653 Judas's ear1692 moriglio1698 chanterelle1777 sage-apple1832 swamp-apple1846 swamp-cheese1859 cèpe1865 mayapple1872 thunder-dirt1883 mealy parasol1887 1846 Zoologist 4 1281 The galls called swamp-apples. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 214 The Azalea nudiflora, or wild Honeysuckle, has often a singular transformation of its flowers, the parts of the flower becoming enlarged and fleshy,..These succulent excrescences are much sought after by boys who call them ‘swamp apples’ and ‘swamp cheeses’. swamp ash n. Fraxinus sambucifolia, also called black, ground, hoop, or water ash. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > ash and allies > [noun] ashc700 fraynec1325 wood-browna1400 wild ash1552 white ash1578 manna tree1665 black ash1673 white ash1683 water ash1709 manna ash1715 hoop-ash1763 red ash1773 shrew-ash1776 blue ash1783 swamp ash1794 weeping ash1807 green ash1810 cockscomb ash1850 Oregon ash1857 1794 W. Clark Jrnl. 15 Sept. in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. (1914) I. 437 The face [of the land] is nearly covered with a thick groth of Shrubbery, Brush, some Beech, Swamp Ash. 1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont i. 211 Black ash. Fraxinus sambucifolia..is sometimes called Swamp Ash. swamp azalea n. = swamp honeysuckle n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp azalea, Azalea viscosa. 1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 365 Swamp Azalea... A medium-sized to tall shrub with leaves glossy above. swamp blackberry n. a low-growing, semi-evergreen dewberry, Rubus hispidus, found near water and marshy ground in parts of Canada and northern and central U.S.A. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush > types of roebuckberry1771 swamp blackberry1854 loganberry1893 swamp dewberry1924 1854 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 4 Aug. (2002) VIII. 251 The swamp blackberry on high land ripe a day or 2. 1903 H. L. Keeler Our Northern Shrubs 161 Few trailing plants combine a better effect of flower and foliage than our Swamp blackberry. 1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 285 Swamp blackberry is found in thickets in low, wet places. swamp blueberry n. the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, or its fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > bilberry bush > types of blueberry1785 swamp blueberry1860 1860 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 30 Dec. in Writings (1906) XIV. v. 299 Some ten days later comes the high blueberry, or swamp blueberry, the commonest stout shrub of our swamps. 1917 E. S. Bailey Sand Dunes Indiana 154 There is a chance to study all the sides of a small pond, with the shrub zone of plants in perfect type, such as swamp blueberry, cranberry [etc.]. 1949 Pacific Spectator Spring 223 You had to cross the river..to find the low swamp blueberries, lighter blue and sweeter than any other kind. swamp-broom n. = swamp-oak n. 2a (Morris Austral Engl.). swamp-cabbage n. = skunk cabbage n.; also, the cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palmetto trees or fan-palms palmite1555 palmetto1582 palmetto tree1582 talipot1681 tamarind-palmetto1698 Chamaerops1766 eta palm1769 cabbage palm tree1773 palmetto bush1784 swamp-cabbage1792 cabbage tree1796 saw palmetto1797 latania1799 hat palm1812 gebang1817 coco de mer?1820 itaa1832 cabbage palm1847 miriti1853 latania1856 moriche1860 broom-palm1866 ilala1868 licuala1872 fan-plant1884 tiger-grass1884 buri1890 latanier1929 Washingtonia1945 1792 H. Muhlenberg Let. 12 Nov. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 292 Our Swamp Cabbage (or Dracontium foetidum) is removed to fourth Class. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 66 The swamp-cabbage flower..peers above the ground beneath his purple spotted hood. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xx. 250 He pulled away layer after layer of the white cores and came at last to the hearts [of palms], crisp and sweet. He said, ‘Now I want that fryin' pan, Mr. Penny, please, for my swamp cabbage.’ 1942 S. Kennedy Palmetto Country 3 Folks outside the region usually think of the palmetto as the tall palm which is locally called the swamp cabbage or cabbage palm. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 22 May 16- a/1 They were forced to subsist on a diet of unpolished rice, swamp cabbage, and tiny fish. swamp-cheese n. = swamp-apple n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > other edible fungi Jew's ear1544 morel1653 Judas's ear1692 moriglio1698 chanterelle1777 sage-apple1832 swamp-apple1846 swamp-cheese1859 cèpe1865 mayapple1872 thunder-dirt1883 mealy parasol1887 1859Swamp cheeses [see swamp-apple n.]. swamp-cypress n. the genus Chamæcyparis; also, the deciduous cypress, Taxodium distichum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Lawson's cypress yellow cedar1840 Oregon cedar1855 Lawson cypress1858 Nootka cypress1860 Sitka cedar1875 swamp-cypress1876 Sitka cypress1884 lawsoniana1959 1876 W. S. Dallas tr. O. Heer Primæval World Switzerland I. viii. 325 Taxodium distichum miocenum, the swamp-cypress... This species is completely analogous to the swamp-cypress of America (Taxodium distichum, Rich., sp.). swamp dewberry n. = swamp blackberry n. above. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush > types of roebuckberry1771 swamp blackberry1854 loganberry1893 swamp dewberry1924 1924 C. C. Deam Shrubs of Indiana 109 Rubus hispidus Linnaeus. Swamp Dewberry. 1942 L. R. Tehon Fieldbk. Native Illinois Shrubs 116 The Swamp Dewberry grows near lakes and marshes, especially at the base of wooded slopes. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 985/2 Swamp dewberry, running blackberry, swamp b., slender, hispid, often glandular trailer, laying close to the ground, without prickles. swamp dogwood n. Cornus alba and C. sericea; also, = swamp sumac n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun] gaiterc1000 dog-tree1548 cornel1551 dogberry1551 prick tree1551 hound's-berry1578 hound's-tree1578 prick-timber tree1578 dwarf honeysuckle1597 dogwood1598 sanguine-rod1601 prickwood1691 bloody twig1759 rose willow1798 red osier1807 swamp dogwood1817 stone-berry?1838 bunch-berry1845 cornus1846 silky cornel1848 silky dogwood1900 pagoda tree1978 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun] buck's-horna1450 rhus?1541 sumac1548 Venice sumac1597 poisonwood1671 poison tree1676 swamp sumac1722 urushi1727 stag-horn1753 Venetian sumac1755 poison ash1757 ipoh1779 poison sumac1785 ailanthus tree1789 Japan varnish1789 vinegar-plant1797 mountain sumac1813 poison dogwood1814 upas1814 karee1815 fustet1821 taaibos1821 poison elder1822 varnish sumac1822 Japan lacquer1835 tree of heaven1845 anacard1847 smoke plant1856 tanners' sumac1858 swamp dogwood1859 smoke-tree1860 wax-tree1866 wig-sumac1867 wig-tree1867 burnwood1874 vinegar-tree1874 mountain manchineel1884 valley of death tree1888 sugar-bush1900 smoke bush1902 1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) at cited word Dogwood, Female Dogwood of America, with very white Leaves, commonly called Swamp Dogwood. 1764 D. C. Solander Let. 17 Apr. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 625 In North America called Swamp-Dogwood. 1817 W. Darby Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 353 Cornus alba. Swamp dogwood. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 79 Poisonous Rhus. Poison Sumach. Poison Elder. Swamp Dogwood. 1948 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 12 52 Cornus obliqua (Swamp Dogwood). 1957 W. C. Grimm Bk. Shrubs 351 The Silky Dogwood is sometimes called the Silky Cornel, Swamp Dogwood, or Kinnikinnick. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 40 Swamp dogwood. Button bush, Cephalanthus occidentalis (Lyons). 2004 P. Loewer Jefferson’s Garden 223 Jefferson also grew the swamp dogwood (Cornus sanguinea),..known in seventeenth-century trade as the dogberry. Humphrey Marshall, another colonial who traded seeds with England, called it the American red-rod Cornus. swamp elm n. Ulmus racemosa, also called rock elm. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun] wycheOE elmc1000 ulm-treec1000 witch hazela1400 all-heart1567 ulme1567 white elm1580 wych elm1582 witchen1594 weeping elm1606 trench-elm1676 smooth-leaved elm1731 witch elm1731 water elm1733 slippery elm1748 Scotch elm1769 wahoo1770 American elm1771 red elm1805 witches' elm1808 moose elm1810 cork-elm1813 rock elm1817 swamp elm1817 planer tree1819 Jersey elm1838 winged elm1858 sand elm1878 Exeter-elm1882 1817 W. Darby Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 356 Ulmus aquatica. Swamp elm. swamp-fuchsia n. Eremophila maculata of Queensland. Π 1928 D. Cottrell Singing Gold i. v. 42 Rabbits crouched at the roots of stunted crimson swamp-fuchsia. swamp gooseberry n. Ribes lacustre (Miller Plant-n. 1884). swamp gum n. various species of Eucalyptus, of Australia and Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1852 J. Mitchell in Papers & Proc. Royal Soc. Van Diemen's Land 2 i. 132 The Swamp Gum grows to the largest size of any of this family in Van Diemen's Land. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 27 Eucalyptus Gunnii..in South-Eastern Australia..it is known as ‘White Gum’, ‘Swamp Gum’, or ‘White Swamp Gum’. Eucalyptus viminalis,..The ‘White Gum’, or ‘Swamp Gum’ of Tasmania. swamp hickory n. the water hickory, Carya aquatica, or the bitternut hickory, C. cordiformis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory pohickory1644 pignut1666 hickory1670 hickory tree1682 shagbark1751 shell-bark1769 scaly-bark1775 swamp hickory1806 hognut hickory1810 kiskitomasa1817 water hickory1818 nutmeg hickory1832 king-nut1880 1806 J. Sibley in Message from President of U.S., communicating Discoveries made in exploring the Missouri by Captains Lewis & Clark 89 The growth, on the highest places, willow and cotton wood, but on the highest, handsome oaks, swamp hickory, ash, grape vines, &c. 1817 W. Darby Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 354 Juglans aquatica. Swamp hickory. 1912 I. S. Cobb Back Home 306 He was tough as swamp hickory. 1938 C. H. Matschat Suwannee River 161 They alus stuck togither tightern the bark on a swamp hickory. swamp honeysuckle n. (a) Rhododendron viscosum ( Azalea viscosa); (b) a honeysuckle of eastern North America, Lonicera oblongifolia, with yellowish flowers and red berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > honeysuckle or woodbine honeysuckOE goat leafa1275 woodbinea1300 honeysucklea1400 suckle-bloom14.. bindc1440 goat's leaf1526 caprifoil1578 suckling1653 trumpet honeysuckle1731 white honeysuckle1731 dwarf honeysuckle1812 suckle1816 twinflower1836 fly-honeysuckle1861 linnaea1862 lonicera1863 swamp honeysuckle1958 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 257 Azalea viscosa, Clammy Azalea. White Swamp-Honeysuckle. 1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 47 Swamp Honeysuckle Lonicera oblongifolia... A more or less hairless honeysuckle. swamp laurel n. (a) the sweetbay magnolia, M. virginiana; (b) formerly, also the pale American laurel, Kalmia polifolia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias sweet bay1716 umbrella-tree1739 swamp laurel1743 magnolia1748 tulip-tree1751 beaver-tree1756 tulip-laurel1766 champakc1770 cucumber-tree1784 mountain magnolia1785 swamp sassafras1796 laurel magnolia1806 beaver-wood1810 big laurel1810 yulan1822 chatta1834 cucumber1835 port wine magnolia1943 magnolioid1988 1743 J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica II. 83 Magnolia Laurifolia,..Swamp-Laurel. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 65 Swamp laurel. Magnolia glauca. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 116 Kalmia glauca (swamp-laurel). 1869 J. G. Fuller Uncle John's Flower-gatherers 138 The farmers around here call it [sc. Kalmia] ‘Swamp-Laurel’. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 20 Sweet Bay..Swamp Laurel... A tree 15 to 22 meters in height. swamp lily n. (a) the American Turk's-cap lily, Lilium superbum; (b) the genus Zephyranthes, of Mexico, South America, and the West Indies; (c) the lizard's-tail, Saururus cernuus; (d) Crinum americanum, which bears white flowers and is native to the south-eastern U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies lily971 lily-flower1340 martagon1440 delucea1450 red lily1531 purple lily1578 mountain lily1597 gold lily1629 Turk's cap1672 turn-cap1688 Juno's rose1706 orange lily1731 Canada lily1771 Japan lily1813 tiger-lily1824 Annunciation lily1853 Easter lily1860 golden-rayed lily1865 scarlet martagon1867 Japanese lily1870 Madonna lily1877 Bermuda lily1882 thimble lily1883 panther lily1884 triplet lily1884 turban-lily1884 Mary-lily1893 tiger1901 leopard lily1902 lilium1902 swamp lily1902 Washington lily1911 Shasta lily1915 regal lily1916 regale1920 Oregon lily1925 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 21 Another Weed, vulgarly called the Swamp-Lillie..grows in the Marshes and low Grounds, and is something like our Dock in its Leaves. 1814 W. Roxburgh Hortus Bengalensis 23 Crinum americanum. Swamp lily. N.S. Wales. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 180 On the green bank of our flower-bordered brook, the American swamp-lily finds its natural place. swamp locust-tree n. Gleditsia aquatica (formerly called Gleditschia monosperma). Π 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 868 Gleditschia..monosperma Ph. Swamp Locust Tree. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. (at cited word) Locust-tree... Swamp or water. Gleditschia monosperma. Thesaurus » Categories » swamp loosestrife n. Decodon verticillatus or Nesæa verticillata (Treas. Bot. 1866). swamp-lover n. the stud-flower, Helonias bullata. swamp magnolia n. (a) = swamp laurel n. (a); (b) M. grandiflora. Π 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 422 The Sweet Bay is..not to be compared to the Swamp Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). swamp mahogany n. Australian any of several trees with hard durable wood growing in swampy places, esp. the eucalypt Eucalyptus robusta, native to coastal regions of eastern Australia; the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees > swamp mahogany bangalay1884 swamp mahogany1884 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 71 Swamp Mahogany.—A large tree..with a rough furrowed bark. 1886 T. Heney Fortunate Days 50 Swamp-mahogany's floss-flowered arms. swamp maple n. = red maple n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(d) (Miller); also several other species, as the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, the mountain maple, A. spicatum, and the allied Negundo californicum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun] maple treeOE maplec1385 plane tree1562 great maple1597 sycamore-tree1597 sycamore1598 sugar-tree1705 sugar maple1731 red maple1767 scarlet maple1768 rock maple1774 white maple1774 silk wood1775 moosewood1778 mountain maple1785 box elder1787 acer1793 sycamore maple1796 mock plane1797 Montpellier maple1797 water maple1803 soft maple1806 sugar-wood1809 swamp maple1810 low maple1813 maple bush1821 Neapolitan maple1833 snake-bark1838 moose-maple1839 sap-tree1843 Manitoba maple1887 Japanese maple1898 curly maple1909 Queensland maple1915 paperbark maple1927 Amur maple1934 1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 28 Red flowering maple,..Swamp maple,..Soft maple..[ou] Maple tree..dans Pensylvanie, la Virginia, et l'Ohio. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xiv. 153 Here and there, a swamp-maple seemed all one crimson flame. 1907 N.Y. Evening Post (semi-weekly ed.) 4 Apr. 6 In the moist lowlands where the skunk cabbage has its home the swamp maple puts forth its flowers. 1936 E. B. White Let. 3 Sept. (1976) 141 Joe and I have gathered boughs of red swamp maple, to decorate the back porch. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xxii. 221/1 The most important American soft maples are the red or swamp maple..and the silver maple. swamp-moss n. = bog moss n. at bog n.¹ Compounds 3. swamp pea-tree n. sensitive joint-vetch, Æschynomene hispida. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp pea-tree, Aeschynomene aquatica. swamp pink n. = swamp honeysuckle n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1840 J. Bigelow Plants of Boston 52 Azalea viscosa, Wild honeysuckle, Swamp pink. 1898 Atlantic Monthly 82 499/1 The familiar sweet-scented white azalea.., the ‘swamp pink’ of my boyhood. swamp rice n. = Canada n.¹ rice. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > rice > types of rice or rice-plants fundi1670 ricea1710 wild rice1748 zizania1756 zizany1759 water oats1771 Canada rice1786 Carolina rice1787 menomin1791 Patna rice1795 Indian rice1809 pulut1820 dhan1832 hungry rice1858 swamp rice1861 Menominee1949 miracle rice1968 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 697 A serviceable grain known as Canada Rice or Swamp Rice. swamp rose n. Rosa carolina ( Treas. Bot. 1866); also, another wild North American rose, Rosa palustris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 135 Swamp Pennsylvanian Rose..[rises] to a height of four or five feet. 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 121 Swamp rose..grows in swamps and wet grounds. 1902 Outing June 272/2 The Carolina or swamp rose..is well known to us all. swamp sassafras n. = swamp laurel n. (a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias sweet bay1716 umbrella-tree1739 swamp laurel1743 magnolia1748 tulip-tree1751 beaver-tree1756 tulip-laurel1766 champakc1770 cucumber-tree1784 mountain magnolia1785 swamp sassafras1796 laurel magnolia1806 beaver-wood1810 big laurel1810 yulan1822 chatta1834 cucumber1835 port wine magnolia1943 magnolioid1988 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp sassafras, Magnolia glauca. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 479 Magnolia glauca is deciduous. In America it is known by the names of white laurel, swamp sassafras, and beaver tree. swamp sumac n. the poison sumac, Rhus vernix. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun] buck's-horna1450 rhus?1541 sumac1548 Venice sumac1597 poisonwood1671 poison tree1676 swamp sumac1722 urushi1727 stag-horn1753 Venetian sumac1755 poison ash1757 ipoh1779 poison sumac1785 ailanthus tree1789 Japan varnish1789 vinegar-plant1797 mountain sumac1813 poison dogwood1814 upas1814 karee1815 fustet1821 taaibos1821 poison elder1822 varnish sumac1822 Japan lacquer1835 tree of heaven1845 anacard1847 smoke plant1856 tanners' sumac1858 swamp dogwood1859 smoke-tree1860 wax-tree1866 wig-sumac1867 wig-tree1867 burnwood1874 vinegar-tree1874 mountain manchineel1884 valley of death tree1888 sugar-bush1900 smoke bush1902 1722 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 145 The Poyson-Wood-Tree..is by some called the Swamp Sumach. 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 72 Rhus vernix. Poison dogwood. Swamp Sumach... Grows in bunches in wet swamps. 1945 H. T. Darlington Higher Plants Michigan 25 Red maple and swamp sumac..may add to the brilliant effect. swamp tea tree n. species of Melaleuca, of Australia and Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] myrt?a1200 myrt-treea1382 mirtusc1384 myrtine?a1450 myrtle tree1548 myrtle1562 nerte1585 Australian tea1728 Bencoolen tea1728 New Zealand tea1728 Scotch gale1795 Callistemon1814 manuka1832 myrtal1846 mangrove-myrtle1847 swamp tea tree1862 lid-flower1866 Barringtonia1871 tea-broom1872 kanuka1906 myrtle-of-the-river1919 1862 W. Archer in G. Whiting Products Tasmania 29 Swamp Tea-tree (Melaleuca ericœfolia). swamp-weed n. Selliera radicans (Miller). swamp willow n. the pussy-willow, Salix discolor. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow red willow1547 water willow1583 goat's willow1597 rose willow1597 sweet willow1597 French willow1601 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallowie1610 swallowtail willow1626 willow bay1650 black willow1670 crack-willow1670 grey willow1697 water sallow1761 almond willowa1763 swallow-tailed willow1764 swamp willow1765 golden osier1772 golden willow1772 purple willow1773 sand-willow1786 goat willow1787 purple osier1797 whipcord1812 Arctic willow1818 sage-willow1846 pussy willow1851 Kilmarnock willow1854 sweet-bay willow1857 pussy1858 palm willow1869 Spaniard1871 ground-willow1875 Spanish willow1875 snap-willow1880 diamond willow1884 sandbar willow1884 pussy palm1886 creeping willow1894 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 silver willow1914 1765 J. Bartram Diary 31 July in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1942) 33 17/1 They have y^e upland willow oak with A hoary leafe, & y^e swamp willow with A narrow leafe. 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's 23 The pond lay in a sort of basin, with..swamp-willows dipping down into its brink. swamp-wood n. the North American leather-wood, Dirca palustris. Draft additions December 2018 Chiefly U.S. Politics. to drain the swamp: to rid an institution or society of an entrenched and harmful influence, esp. a source or agent of corruption.In later use, popularized by the use by Ronald Reagan in quot. 1982. See also quot. 1982 at up to one's armpits in alligators at alligator n.² Phrases from the same speech.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor; see also when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that you're there to drain the swamp at alligator n.² Phrases. ΚΠ 1899 Arena June 769 The swamp of bossism and corruption is at last being drained, and the solid ground of honest and popular administration is being regained. 1912 V. L. Berger Broadsides 107 We should have to drain the swamp—change the capitalist system—if we want to get rid of those mosquitos. 1982 R. Reagan in Register (Orange County, Calif.) 21 Jan. a17/1 That is why you're here and I'm here:..to drain the swamp of over-taxation, over-regulation and runaway inflation that has dangerously eroded our free way of life. 2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. a20 House Republicans made it clear that they had no real intention of draining the Washington swamp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swampadj. Brit. /swamp/, U.S. /swæmp/, Scottish English /swamp/ Etymology: Perhaps related to swamp n., the notion of ‘depression, subsidence’ being the connecting link; there is a remarkable parallel in dialect swank noun = depression in the ground, deep hollow, bog, and swank adjective = thin in the belly. Scottish and northern dialect. Of a body that may be or is normally distended: That has sunk and become flat; thin from emptiness, as the breasts, the belly, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1597 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 46 Sume [men] throu ydropesy sa gret swolne þat þai ma ete no mete, are mad swampe þar. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 799 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 327 [Sume thru] ydropcy [sa] grete swolline, þat þai ma nocht ete, ar swampe mad at þe prayere of sanct Niniane. a1583 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 776 (Tullibardine) Swamp sandie, come fra candie, with grandie opprest. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 254 If in a woman with childe the breasts do suddenly fall swampe as we say, then will shee abort or miscarry. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature iv. 28 A kind of light Pelsie corne, inclosed in certaine eares, which are long and swampe. 1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (E.D.S.) 30 Her Ewr's but swampe, Shee's nut for Milk, I trow. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) ii. 105 A useful Sursingle it was,..Which as his Paunch was Full or Swamp, He'd wider make, or straiter cramp. 1885 A. Munro Siren Casket 90 Their body compress'd and swamp as an eel. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid i. xxiv. 159 The mortclaith~like goons she puts on gie her a swamp, cauldrife, full~m'unted appearance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swampv. Brit. /swɒmp/, U.S. /swɑmp/ Etymology: < swamp n. 1. passive. To be entangled or lost in a swamp. North American ? Obsolete. ΚΠ 1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 986 So that she might turn thereon her weak Cattle, and such as should at any time be swamp'd. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 13 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 210 In spending an hour to relieve a poor ox, which was swamped near the bank. 2. Originally passive. To be submerged or inundated with water (or other liquid), as a boat, a piece of ground; hence actively, to submerge, inundate, or soak with water, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > be rendered immobile [verb (passive)] > be stuck in mud, bog, or sand stalla1500 gravel1582 swamp1790 mud1854 stog1855 stodge1873 quicksand1875 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > be submerged [verb (intransitive)] swamp1790 swamp1795 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > submerge [verb (transitive)] forsencha1225 submerge1490 sommerse1632 swamp1866 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. iv. 1381 In the morning, the long-boat was found swamped. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. viii. 130 The wherry..pitched so heavily, that we were afraid of being swamped. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. iii. 236 The ground was swamped with blood. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vi. 168 At night a sea broke over them, and would have swamped the Otter, had she not been the best of sea-boats. 1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 172 The claims were continually being swamped out by the river. 1881 F. Witti Diary 10 June in J. Hatton New Ceylon (1881) vi. 166 Towards midnight we awoke in our leaf hut—swamped. in extended use.1858 B. Taylor Northern Trav. xvii. 174 Meat..is rarely properly cooked, and game..is injured by being swamped in sauces.1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 643 Sand has beaten in and swamped the vegetation.1888 Portfolio Apr. 68 (Cent. Dict.) Swamped with full washes and blots of colour or strong strokes with the red pen. 3. intransitive. a. in passive sense: To be swamped or submerged; to fill with water and sink, as a boat. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > be submerged [verb (intransitive)] swamp1790 swamp1795 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > in liquid sinkOE drench1297 drenklec1330 to go downa1475 replunge1611 submerge1652 swamp1795 to go under1820 1795 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. xxvii At 11 the yawl astern swamped and was lost with all her furniture. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 195 The boats swamped in the current—all were lost. 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iv. 40 A higher step that would have cleared him at once of materialism, and not suffered him to sink back and swamp in it again. 1873 Forest & Stream 18 Dec. 290/3 I found him sitting on a log, wet, dirty, and swamping up to his waist. b. To overflow, cause inundation. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > be or become very wet [verb (intransitive)] > cause much or great wetting swamp1905 1905 Contemp. Rev. July 95 Sand, mud, grass and thrift being mingled together, which a spring-tide..was silently swamping over. 4. figurative. a. transitive. To plunge or sink as if in a swamp or in water; to overwhelm with difficulties, or esp. by superior numbers, so as to render inefficient. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty mire?c1400 to make (a place, situation, etc.) too hot for1582 difficult1641 to wind (oneself) a (bonny) pirn1660 swamp1818 to be rough on1860 taigle1865 soup1895 hot1920 to hot up1927 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > make numerous [verb (transitive)] > outnumber outnumber1598 overcounta1616 overnumber1645 supernumerate1657 outman1694 swamp1818 lead1979 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. To Swamp, to whelm or sink as in a swamp. A modern word. 1833 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1874) II. 380 He said the Tories were indignant at the idea of being compelled to keep quiet, and that if they were to be swamped the sooner it was done the better. 1836 B. Disraeli Lett. Runnymede 171 The Whigs in 1718 sought to govern the country by ‘swamping’ the House of Commons; in 1836 it is the House of Lords that is to be ‘swamped’. 1846 Duke of Wellington in Croker Papers 31 Oct. (1884) III He..endeavoured to swamp [the erection of] the statue in Parliament. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 5 The fast set..swamped, and gave the tone to the college. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 9 I feel convinced that in South Africa the Dutch element will never become swamped as it has been in America. b. To ruin financially. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (transitive)] > injure the credit of > ruin financially to do up1780 unbank1834 swamp1864 1864 C. E. L. Riddell George Geith I. xv. 281 Mortgages enough to have swamped any man. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xviii. 91 If I gave in to them, I..would be swamped by my fertilizer account in the fall. 5. North American. To make (a logging-road) in a forest or ‘swamp’ by felling trees, clearing away undergrowth, etc. Also, to haul (logs) to the skidways. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [verb (transitive)] > transport logs swamp1784 boom1798 snake1829 sluice1877 water1877 skid1878 tode1895 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [verb (transitive)] > construct a logging road swamp1851 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > lumber [verb (intransitive)] > construct logging-road swamp1871 1784 M. Patten Diary 18 Mar. (1903) 480 I swampt out 4 small oak logs the boys saved in cuting wood Ready for hauling out. 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 84 This is done by an experienced hand, who ‘spots’ the trees where he wishes the road to be ‘swamped’. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 225 Making a logging-road in the Maine woods is called ‘swamping it’... This was the most perfectly swamped of all the roads I ever saw. 1871 R. L. Dashwood Chiploquorgan viii. 104 A crew of lumberers have different occupations assigned to them;..the ‘swampers’, who ‘swamp’—cut roads—to the felled trees, to enable the ‘teamster’ and his assistants to haul them on a ‘Bob sled’. 1908 H. Day King Spruce xi. 129 The boys who were swampin' the twitch-roads. 1937 P. K. Devine Folklore of Newfoundland 50 To swamp a road or path is to build one with a bedding of boughs to be used in hauling slide loads of wood in winter. 1954 C. Bruce Channel Shore 27 [He] had swamped a hauling-road into the middle of the stretch that lay south of the shore road. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iii. 40 Where the logs came from and who cut them and the names of the horses that swamped them out. 6. intransitive. To work as a bullock-driver's assistant (also casually, in return for having one's ‘swag’ carried); to make (one's way) by obtaining a lift from a traveller. Cf. swamper n. 1c, 1d Australian slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > keep cattle [verb (intransitive)] > herd cattle bubulcitate1623 night-herd1888 ranger1909 punch1910 swamp1926 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > assist bullock-driver swamp1926 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > hitch-hike hitch-hike1923 thumb1932 hitch1959 swamp1964 1926 K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks 101 Billy Williams the bullocky, and Ern Collins who was swamping for him, turned their team into the yards on the following Monday. 1937 E. Hill Ports of Sunset 96 In they came, across the jagged Leopolds, or up from the desert, ‘swamping’ with a bullocky, staggering behind a pack donkey, or on Shanks' pony. 1944 M. J. O'Reilly Bowyangs & Boomerangs 6 My duties were to help to load and unload, bring the horses in the morning, to harness up, help to corduroy bad patches on the track, [etc.]... Fortunately the chap I ‘swamped’ for was an exceptionally good sort. 1964 T. Ronan Packhorse & Pearling Boat 170 If I broke it for a tenner, I'd roll my swag and swamp my way back to Queensland. Derivatives swamped adj., n., and adj. /swɒmpt/ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] fen-lichc1000 fennyc1000 mooryOE marshya1382 marshlyc1410 moorisha1492 queachy?a1500 marish1549 plashya1552 foggy?1555 fen-like1561 undrained1573 fennish1577 boggy1587 paludious1595 wealy1601 marishy1607 snapy1607 uliginous1610 quagmiry1623 paludiate1632 boggish1633 pooly1652 swampy1661 spouty1677 gouty1686 pondy1687 morassy1699 sloppy1699 lairy17.. soggya1722 swampish1725 splashy1727 squashy1751 haggy1765 gaulty1784 slumpy1823 sumpy1824 paludine1852 paludic1854 paludinal1856 paludian1860 paludinous1866 paludal1871 paludial1875 morassic1893 muskeggy1894 swamped1899 1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 302 The swamped area and the rotting vegetation are sufficient cause for the unhealthiness of the tract. swamping adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun] > action or process soak1598 drenching1626 sobbing1664 saturation1732 flooding1799 swamping1802 drench1807 water-soaking1849 soddening1852 soakage1867 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > very wetting > flooding swamping1802 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > greater number, majority > pressure exerted by weightc1500 swamping1802 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs flume1784 log-rollinga1792 drive1835 river-driving1843 river drive1845 sluice-way1851 sacking1860 timber drivea1861 skidding1877 log-running1878 skid road1880 rigging1897 swamping1902 log-drivea1904 high lead1905 high-lining1919 1802 W. Scott Let. 17 Oct. (1937) XII. 220 Besides the risque of swamping..and breaking my neck. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 340 Many..were drowned by the swamping of one of the vessels. 1871 J. G. Whittier Sisters xiii In peril from swamping sea Or lee shore rocks. 1891 Law Times 92 74/2 The swamping of the ecclesiastical element in the House of Lords. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail vi. 45 Old man Heath was a veteran woodsman who had come to swamping in his old age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1624adj.c1480v.1694
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swampadj.

swampv.

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