quagmire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quagmire	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for quagmire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quagmire 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]:
Quagmire \Quag"mire`\, n. [Quake + mire.] Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. [bd]A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access.[b8] --Palfrey. Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.