quicksand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quicksand	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for quicksand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quicksand n a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quicksand \Quick"sand`\, n. 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Quicksand, KY Zip code(s): 41363