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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A quagmire.

[R.]

“Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells.”

Cowper.

quag ‎(plural quags)

(obsolete) quagmire; marsh; bog.
- 1771 December 16, Walker, John, Account of the Irruption of Solway Moss:
  If a person ventures on one of these quags, it bends in waves under his feet; and if the surface breaks, he is in danger of sinking to the bottom.
- 1784, Cowper, William, Tirocinium; or, a Review of Schools:
  Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells