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Webster 1913 Edition
Quicksand
Quick′sandˊ
,Noun.
Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.
Life hath
quicksands
, – Life hath snares! Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quicksand
QUICK'SAND
,Noun.
1.
Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure, loose sand abounding with water.2.
Unsolid ground.