QUICKSAND - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kwiksand
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a pit filled with loose wet sand into which heavy objects sink

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	See Also:	cavity, pit, sand

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Quicksand Dissatisfied with her passionless marriage, Sonoko Kakuichi, a cultured Osaka woman, succumbs to the hypnotic charms of a beautiful art student. The student, Mitsuko, is soon revealed to be a deciever so accomplished that she can turn even Sonoko`s conventional husband into her accomplice. Quicksand is the last of Junichiro Tanizaki`s (1886-1965) major novels to be translated into English, it was translated as The Whirlpool in an earlier edition. more details ...

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.

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Dream Dictionary

	Definition:	Dreaming that you are sinking in quicksand means that your assumption that you are on solid ground will prove misleading and you will slowly find yourself in an expected situation. Dreaming that you are rescued from quicksand by a lover means a worthy and faithful lover.

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