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(1):
Swampy or low wet ground, often covered with brush or with thickets; bog.
(2):
(n.) One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
(3):
(a.) Lame; halting.
(4):
(v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.
(5):
A rocky shallow in a stream; -- a lumberman's term.
(6):
(v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.