morass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: morass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for morass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morass n a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot Synonym(s): mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Morass \Morass"\, n. [OE. marras, mareis (perh. through D. moeras), fr. F. marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See {Mere} a lake, and cf. {Marsh}.] A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. {Morass* ore}. (Min.) See {Bog ore}, under {Bog}.