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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swamp  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swamp  \Swamp\,  n.  [Cf.  AS  swam  a  fungus,  OD  swam  a  sponge,  D. 
  zwam  a  fungus,  G.  schwamm  a  sponge,  Icel.  sv["o]ppr,  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}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Redwing} 
  b  . 
 
  {Swamp  cabbage}  (Bot.),  skunk  cabbage. 
 
  {Swamp  deer}  (Zo["o]l.),  an  Asiatic  deer  ({Rucervus 
  Duvaucelli})  of  India. 
 
  {Swamp  hen}.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  several  Australian 
  game  birds  of  the  genera  {Synoicus}  and  {Excalfatoria}, 
  allied  to  the  European  partridges. 
 
  {Swamp  robin}  (Zo["o]l.),  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}  (Zo["o]l.),  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swamp  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swamp 
  n  1:  low  land  that  is  seasonally  flooded;  has  more  woody  plants 
  than  a  marsh  and  better  drainage  than  a  bog 
  2:  a  situation  fraught  with  difficulties  and  imponderables;  "he 
  was  trapped  in  a  medical  swamp" 
  v  1:  drench  or  submerge  or  be  drenched  or  submerged  [syn:  {drench}] 
  2:  fill  quickly  beyond  capacity;  as  with  a  liquid;  "the 
  basement  was  inundated  after  the  storm";  "The  images 
  flooded  his  mind"  [syn:  {deluge},  {flood},  {inundate}]




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