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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quagmire \Quag"mire`\, n. [Quake + mire.]
Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
``A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult
of access.'' --Palfrey.
Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
quagmire
n : a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn:
{mire}, {morass}]
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