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Webster 1913 Edition
Marsh
Marsh
,Noun.
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
[Written also
marish
.] Marsh asphodel
(Bot.)
, a plant (
– Nartheeium ossifragum
) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; – called also bog asphodel
. Marsh cinquefoil
(Bot.)
, a plant (
– Potentilla palustris
) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. Marsh elder
. (Bot.)
(a)
The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (
. Viburnum Opulus
)(b)
In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (
– Iva frutescens
). Marsh five-finger
. (Bot.)
See
– Marsh cinquefoil
(above). Marsh gas
. (Chem.)
See under
– Gas
. Marsh grass
(Bot.)
, a genus (
– Spartina
) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; – called also cord grass
. The tall Spartina cynosuroides
is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low Spartina juncea
is a common component of salt hay. Marsh harrier
(Zool.)
, a European hawk or harrier (
– Circus aeruginosus
); – called also marsh hawk
, moor hawk
, moor buzzard
, puttock
. Marsh hawk
. (Zool.)
(a)
A hawk or harrier (
Circus cyaneus
), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also hen harrier
, and mouse hawk
. (b)
The marsh harrier.
– Marsh hen
(Zool.)
, a rail; esp.,
– Rallus elegans
of fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris
of salt-water marshes. Marsh mallow
(Bot.)
, a plant of the genus
– Althaea
( Althaea officinalis
) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. Marsh marigold
. (Bot.)
See in the Vocabulary.
– Marsh pennywort
(Bot.)
, any plant of the umbelliferous genus
– Hydrocotyle
; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; – called also water pennywort
. Marsh quail
(Zool.)
, the meadow lark.
– Marsh rosemary
(Bot.)
, a plant of the genus
– Statice
(Statice Limonium
), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender
. Marsh samphire
(Bot.)
, a plant (
– Salicornia herbacea
) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort
. Marsh St. John’s-wort
(Bot.)
, an American herb (
– Elodes Virginica
) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. Marsh tea
. (Bot.)
. Same as
– Labrador tea
. Marsh trefoil
. (Bot.)
Same as
– Buckbean
. Marsh wren
(Zool.)
, any species of small American wrens of the genus
Cistothorus
, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.Webster 1828 Edition
Marsh
M`ARSH
,Noun.