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Pronunciation: [mˈaɹɪʃ] (IPA)

Marish, meaning a marshy or swampy area, has a number of synonyms that can be used to describe similar landscapes. These include bog, fen, polder, quagmire, and morass. A bog is a wetland that is acidic and dominated by peat, while a fen is a type of wetland that is fed by mineral-rich water sources. A polder is a low-lying area of land that has been reclaimed from the sea or a river delta. A quagmire describes a particularly mushy and difficult to navigate section of land, while a morass is a confusing and tangled web of marsh and swamp. All of these words can be used interchangeably with marish to describe wetland areas.
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It was of that strength, and so surrounded with bogges and Marish grounds, and thicke bushes and shrubbes, as they feared not the force nor power of England nor Scotland, so long as they were there.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Sometimes in a night-Marish moment I wonder what the world would have been like had there been no Shakespeare.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
The death-day came: the priests prepare Salt cakes, and fillets for my hair; I fled, I own it, from the knife, I broke my bands and ran for life, And in a Marish lay that night, While they should sail, if sail they might.
"Journeys Through Bookland Volume Four"
Charles H. Sylvester

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