swamp-gum

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• Swamp

  ·vt To plunge or sink into a swamp. II. Swamp ·vt To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to...

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• to swamp

  To plunge into 'inextricable difficulties.--Webster. To whelm or sink as in a swamp.--Todd. The form...

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• swamp

  A tract of land or bog on which, from its impermeable bottom, the collected fresh water remains stag...

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• Gum

  ·noun A rubber overshoe. II. Gum ·noun ·see Gum tree, below. III. Gum ·vi To exude or from gum; to...

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• gum

  Abusive language. Come, let us have no more of your gum. ...

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• gum

  or Gum-tree n. the popular namefor any tree of the various species of Eucalyptus. The word Gum is ...

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• gum–

  ( In Composition). See gum. 1862. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 134: «I said to myself in the gum-sha...

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• gum

  "Shaking the gum out of a sail" is said of the effect of bad weather on new canvas. ...

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• swamp-broom

  n. a rush-broom, Viminariadenudata, Sm., N.O. Leguminosae.See swamp-oak. ...

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• swamp-hawk

  n. another name for the New Zealand Harrier. See harrier. ...

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• swamp-hen

  n. an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectlyshortened to Melanotus). Ca...

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• swamp-mahogany

  n. a timber tree, Eucalyptusbotryoides, Sm. See Gum and Mahogany. 1886. T. Heney, `Fortunate Days,...

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• swamp-oak

  n. 1) A broomlike leguminous shrubor small tree, Viminaria denudata, Sm. (also called Swamp-broom)....

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• swamp-pheasant

  n. called also Pheasant-cuckoo. Another name for the Coucal (q.v.). 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland...

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• swamp-sparrow

  n. a nickname in New Zealandfor the Fern-bird (q.v.). 1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' ...

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• logging swamp

  In Maine, the place where pine timber is cut. ...

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• swamp-pink

  (Lat. Azalea Viscosa.) A popular name for the Wild Honeysuckle.--Bigelow's Plants of Boston. ...

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• Chicle gum

  ·add. ·- A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree (Mimusops globosa) and sometimes also from...

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• Gum ammoniac

  ·noun The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought...

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• Kauri gum

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Kauri copal. ...

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• Macaranga gum

  ·- A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. ...

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• Red-gum

  ·noun A name of rust on grain. ·see <<Rust>>. II. Red-gum ·noun An eruption of red pimples upon the...

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• Wood gum

  ·add. ·- <<Xylan>>. ...

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• apple-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• blue-gum

  n. See under gum. It is anincreasing practice to make a single word of this compound, andto pronoun...

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• box-gum

  See boxI ...

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• cider-gum

  See cider-tree ...

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• gum-tree

  See gum ...

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• gum-sucker

  n. slang for Victorian-born, notnow much used; but it is not always limited to Victorians. 1827. P...

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• kauri-gum

  n. the resin which exudes from the Kauri (q.v.), used in making varnish. 1867. F. Hochstetter, `Ne...

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• manna-gum

  See manna and gum. ...

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• nankeen gum

  See gum. ...

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• orange-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• red gum

  n. 1) A tree. See Gum. Thetwo words are frequently made one with the accent on the firstsyllable; c...

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• scribbly-gum

  n. also called White-Gum, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Sm., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum. 1883. F. M. Bailey,...

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• scrub-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• sugar-gum

  n. an Australian Gum, Eucalyptuscorynocalyx of South Australia and North-Western Victoria.The folia...

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• water-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• wattle-gum

  n. the gum exudingfrom the Wattles. 1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41: «Wattle-Gum, ...

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• weeping-gum

  See gum. ...

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• by gum!

  The same as the preceding. It is also noticed by Moor in his Suffolk Glossary. ...

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• swamp-daisy-tree

  n. See daisy-tree. ...

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• i swamp it!

  An interjection of the same meaning as I swan! which see. Had that darn'd old vessel--that frigate ...

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• apple-scented gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• lemon-scented gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• poplar-leaved gum

  n. See gum. ...

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