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marsh Maritimes 
n. reclaimed marshland.
See also: dike(d) land(s)
- 1821 (1960) . . . a few acres of Mr. Gosling's best marsh passed into the hands of Saunders Scantocreesh, a hard-faced, hard-working Scotchman. . . .
- 1889 In the foreground were fields of yellowing grain, and stretching to the landward horizon was the vast expanse of the green Tantramar and Missiguash marshes, not less, it is said, than 50,000 fertile acres.
- 1957 In Westmoreland and Cumberland counties, too, the dyked land was marsh. . . .
- 1821 (1960) . . . a few acres of Mr. Gosling's best marsh passed into the hands of Saunders Scantocreesh, a hard-faced, hard-working Scotchman. . . .