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Webster 1913 Edition

Serbonian

Ser-bo′ni-an

,

Adj.

Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog.

A gulf profound as that

Serbonian

bog . . .
Where armies whole have sunk.

Milton.