QUICKSAND
ADJECTIVES
► SYRTIC of the nature of a quicksand → 1846
NOUNS
► CRICKSAND quicksand → 1921 Amer. dial.
► LAIR a quagmire; a muddy place; mud; quicksand, or any soft and yielding surface → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MELGREAVE ► MELLGRAVE a quicksand → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► QUIXON a quicksand → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SAND-POT a quicksand → 1914 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SINKING SAND, A a quicksand → 1535 obs.
► SUCKING SAND quicksand → 1513 obs.
► SYRTIS a quicksand → 1667
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