quabmire Obs. exc. dial.
Also dial. quob-.
[f. quab n.2 or v., but found earlier.]
A quagmire.
| 1597 Broughton Ep. to Nobility Wks. 570 Oversights, which for a dry causie bring us to quabmyres. 1841 Hartshorne Salop. Antiq. Gloss. 539 Quobmire, a quagmire. |