noun.
Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A tract of low, soft, wet ground the drainage of which is insufficient either from its depressed situation or from its uniform flatness; a marsh; a swamp; a bog; a fen.
noun.SynonymsSwamp, etc. See marsh.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.