Definition of Swmp
Swamp (?), n. [Cf. AS. swam a
fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G.
schwamm a sponge, Icel. svöppr, Dan. & Sw.
swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous,
spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water,
but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
seashore.
Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the
hern. Tennyson.
A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in
producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage,
plants, and mosses. Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards,
Words).
Swamp blackbird. (Zoöl.) See
Redwing (b). -- Swamp
cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. --
Swamp deer (Zoöl.), an Asiatic deer
(Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. -- Swamp
hen. (Zoöl.) (a) An
Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called
also goollema. (b) An Australian water
crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little
swamp hen. (c) The European purple
gallinule. -- Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.),
an American shrub (Azalea, or Rhododendron, viscosa)
growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or
white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink. --
Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen
in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. -- Swamp
itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under
Prairie. -- Swamp laurel (Bot.),
a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower
surface glaucous. -- Swamp maple (Bot.),
red maple. See Maple. -- Swamp oak
(Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in
swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp
white oak (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata).
-- Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore;
limonite. -- Swamp partridge
(Zoöl.), any one of several Australian game birds of
the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the
European partridges. -- Swamp robin
(Zoöl.), the chewink. -- Swamp
sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of
the genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and
fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet bay.
-- Swamp sparrow (Zoöl.), a common
North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M.
palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low,
swampy places. -- Swamp willow. (Bot.)
See Pussy willow, under Pussy.
Swamp (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Swamped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swamping.] 1. To plunge or sink into a
swamp.
2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become
filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with
water.
3. Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and
perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
The Whig majority of the house of Lords was
swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers.
J. R. Green.
Having swamped himself in following the ignis
fatuus of a theory. Sir W. Hamilton.
Swamp, v. i. 1. To
sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in
insuperable difficulties.
2. To become filled with water, as a boat; to
founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be
wrecked.
Swamp (?), n. [Cf. AS. swam a
fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G.
schwamm a sponge, Icel. svöppr, Dan. & Sw.
swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous,
spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water,
but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
seashore.
Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the
hern. Tennyson.
A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in
producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage,
plants, and mosses. Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards,
Words).
Swamp blackbird. (Zoöl.) See
Redwing (b). -- Swamp
cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. --
Swamp deer (Zoöl.), an Asiatic deer
(Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. -- Swamp
hen. (Zoöl.) (a) An
Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called
also goollema. (b) An Australian water
crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little
swamp hen. (c) The European purple
gallinule. -- Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.),
an American shrub (Azalea, or Rhododendron, viscosa)
growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or
white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink. --
Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen
in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. -- Swamp
itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under
Prairie. -- Swamp laurel (Bot.),
a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower
surface glaucous. -- Swamp maple (Bot.),
red maple. See Maple. -- Swamp oak
(Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in
swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp
white oak (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata).
-- Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore;
limonite. -- Swamp partridge
(Zoöl.), any one of several Australian game birds of
the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the
European partridges. -- Swamp robin
(Zoöl.), the chewink. -- Swamp
sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of
the genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and
fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet bay.
-- Swamp sparrow (Zoöl.), a common
North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M.
palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low,
swampy places. -- Swamp willow. (Bot.)
See Pussy willow, under Pussy.
Swamp (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Swamped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swamping.] 1. To plunge or sink into a
swamp.
2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become
filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with
water.
3. Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and
perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
The Whig majority of the house of Lords was
swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers.
J. R. Green.
Having swamped himself in following the ignis
fatuus of a theory. Sir W. Hamilton.
Swamp, v. i. 1. To
sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in
insuperable difficulties.
2. To become filled with water, as a boat; to
founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be
wrecked.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.
- To overwhelm; to make too busy or overrun capacity.
I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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