/mɜːs/, /mɝs/
OriginMiddle English merse, variant form of mersh, whence also marsh (see that entry for more).
- Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.
“Owing probably to the channel lying obliquely to those mud flats, the flood rushes up the river with a bore, the front wave of which may be several feet high. As a result, the loose mud is churned up ”
Formsmerses(plural)