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muskeg

[ muhs-keg ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.

muskeg

/ ˈmʌsˌkɛɡ /

undrained boggy land characterized by sphagnum moss vegetation
vast areas of muskeg
a bog or swamp of this nature

Origin of muskeg¹

1765–75; < Cree maske·k < Proto-Algonquian *maŝkye·kwi swamp

Origin of muskeg¹

C19: from Algonquian: grassy swamp

Previously, Banerjee and others had shown how to make a material for roads with a bog-like muskeg soil.

Then they dumped in carload after carload of rock and gravel; but the muskeg absorbed it and waited for more.

Two young women had, however, just emerged from among the towering firs that hemmed in the muskeg.

Along the river in the muskeg and bush to the south we hunt.

How far-r did ye say ut wuz to Flor-ridy, afther ye cr-ross th' muskeg?

Toward evening the trail gradually swung to the east skirting muskeg country.

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