merse
noun Scot
low level ground by a river or shore, often alluvial and fertile
a marsh
Word Origin for merse
Old English merse marsh
Merse
noun
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Examples from the Web for merse
Historical Examples of merse
A Merse mist alang the Tweed, in a harvest morning's gude indeed.
The Proverbs of ScotlandAlexander Hislop
Ainslie was a native of the Merse, his father and family living in Dunse.
Robert BurnsPrincipal Shairp.
But it was not here that Hepburn fell; that was elsewhere in the Merse.
Highways and Byways in The BorderAndrew Lang
To the Merse and to Allanbank there came word that the land was returning to his home.
Highways and Byways in The BorderAndrew Lang
So I took a farm which lay partly in the Lammermoors and partly in the Merse.