Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
To sink into mud.
To weigh down.
To soil with mud or foul matter.
The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated
To overload or overtax.