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Webster 1913 Edition

Syrtis

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Syr′tis

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Syrtes

(#)

.

[See

.]

A quicksand.

Quenched in a boggy

syrtis

, neither sea
Nor good dry land.

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Syrtis

SYR'TIS

,

Noun.

[L.] A quicksand. [Not English.]