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Definition of Marshiness
1. n. The state or condition of being marshy.
Definition of Marshiness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being marshy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marshiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marshiness
Literary usage of Marshiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Causes and Principles of Meteorological Phenomena: Also by Graham Hutchison (1843)
"Besides, there is reason to think, that the marshiness of many districts, is
partly owing to the greater elevation of the surface of the embanked rivers ..."
2. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala by Uppsala universitet Mineralogisk-geologiska institutionen (1896)
"The cause of the marshiness is probably to be sought in the reentering of a wet
climate. And according to this the period during which the turf above the ..."
3. The Interpretation of Topographic Maps by Rollin D. Salisbury, Wallace Walter Atwood (1908)
"The exact cause of this marshiness can not be determined from the map. If the
region has been recently depressed, so as to make drainage more sluggish, ..."
4. Selections from Strabo: With an Introduction on Strabo's Life and Works by Strabo, Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1893)
"During the present century this lake has passed through more than one phase of
change. In 1806, when Leake visited it, the marshiness of ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... almost to Cambridge, and in the unregulated days was largely responsible for
the marshiness of the Fens, which have been drained since this was altered. ..."
6. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"... artificial distinctness by a roadway crossing at this point which has been
raised about three feet on account of the marshiness of the valley floor. ..."
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