Meaning of pucksy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.
   England, Southwestern, obsolete, possibly
2. A puck (mischievous or hostile spirit) or pixie.

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:pucksy.”

“In consequence of this neglect⟳, a great part of these roads are subjected to a frightful disease, locally denominated pucksies; these are quagmires, arising from the weak state of the road, which, having no support⟳ left, admits the water to sink⟳ through, or, in case of springs, to arise⟳ from, a bad subsoil of various depth and quality, […]”

“[…] when on crossing at the head of the string of bogs before-mentioned, the fore-feet of my Hampshire purchase⟳ got into a puxy, as some call⟳ it, and how they were extricated I know⟳ not, unless, as some of the party would afterwards have⟳ it, "the hind feet kindly came to their relief immediately, and forcibly drove them out."”

“"I'm a bit splashed, I know⟳; but that's the fault of the weather and the pucksies in Deep Lane."”

“The effect of a very small quantity of subsoil water upon a road on some soils is remarkable; the traffic pushes the haunches down, and the margins will heave up to a surprising extent. Occasionally, after a period of continuous wet⟳ weather, the underground water passages become⟳ overcharged, and springs or "puxies" break⟳ in the road. The effect of this is immediate where soil is fine sand overlying sandstone, and the author has frequently seen what was a strong solid road turned into a quicksand over which no traffic could pass⟳, and upon which it was difficult to walk⟳ without sinking to some depth.”

“[…] for wood to lay⟳ in the puxy at Dideway for letting out water from ye road between Stapleton and Martock […]”

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