merse
/məːs/(also mersk) Scottish
noun
Chiefly regional ( Dumfries and Galloway ). Flat, alluvial, often marshy land beside a river, estuary, or the sea. Now chiefly: specifically partially reclaimed land bordering the Solway Firth.
- the Merse: the fertile lowland region of south-eastern Scotland between the Lammermuir Hills and the Tweed (formerly in the county of Berwickshire; since 1975 in the Berwickshire district of Borders region)..
Origin
Middle English. Variant of marsh; β. forms show regular loss of -k in final -sk.
- under the heel of
- under the impression that
- under the influence
- under the microscope
- under the name (of)
- under the open sky
- under the pump
- under the rose
- under the skin
- under the sod
- under the sun
- under the table
- under the weather
- under the wire
- underthings
- underthrust
- undertint
- undertip
- undertone
- undertook
- undertow
- undertrained
- undertrial
- undertrick
- underuse