Swamp

swomp, n. Low ground filled with water land wet and spongy, but not usually covered with water, esp. soft, wet land covered with trees or bushes.— v. [swamped (swompt), swamping.] To plunge, whelm, or sink in a swamp, or as in a swamp. (Naut.) To overset, sink, or cause to become filled, as a boat, in water. To plunge into inextricable culties. JDan. and Sw. sump, G. sumpf, a swamp, Dan. ana Sw. svamp, MHG. swamp, G. schwamm, a am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, SWEAR sponge, fungus; Gr. somphos, spongy, damp? sponggos, a sponge, E. fungus, swim.] — Swamp'y, a. Consisting of swamp; like a swamp.