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Definition of Pocoson
1. n. Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia.
Definition of Pocoson
1. pocosin [n -S] - See also: pocosin
Medical Definition of Pocoson
1. Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia. Alternative forms: poquoson. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocoson
Literary usage of Pocoson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1897)
"Parker v. Norfolk & CR Co. (N. s.) west through the lands of the plaintiff.
The road is north of the farm. Flat pocoson is east of the locus in quo. ..."
2. Bulletin by North Carolina, Dept. of Conservation and Development, Geological Survey Section, Division of Mineral Resources (1915)
"(6) Loblolly Pine With pocoson Pine on Savannas. ... The mixture on these sites
should consist of longleaf, pocoson, and loblolly pines. ..."
3. Census Reports Tenth Census. June 1, 1880 by Francis Amasa Walker, Charles Williams Seaton, Henry Gannett (1884)
"Holly Shelter pocoson occupies a large part of the southeastern section, and from
it flow ... The central portion and larger part of this great pocoson, ..."
4. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"The banks down to this (pocoson) swamp declines gradually, and the swamp appears
... From pocoson Swamp to Cyprus Swamp (which conducts more water into the ..."
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