Obs. [f. QUAVE v. + MIRE.] = QUAGMIRE (q.v.).
1530. Palsgr., Quave myre, foundriere, crouliere.
1565. Jewel, Def. Apol. (1611), 404. Pooles, Marishes,… and Quauemires.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 221. Dyonisius was forced to leave his horse sticking fast in a quave-mire. Ibid. (1610), Camden’s Brit., 529. The Lower [part] hath in it foule and slabby quave mires, yea and most troublesome fennes.
fig. 1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 206. They do winne nothing by thys distinction: seeing that they fall back into the same quavemire.
