Quicksand
1Quicksand — is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter (such as sand or silt), clay, and salt water. In the name, as in that of quicksilver (mercury), quick does not mean fast, but alive (cf. the expression the quick and the dead ). Water… …
2Quicksand — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Quicksand Información personal Origen Nueva York Estados Unidos Información artística Género(s) …
3Quicksand — 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… …
4Quicksand — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Post Hardcore Hardcore Punk Gründung 1990 Auflösung 1998 …
5Quicksand — Quicksand, 1) Sand, dessen Körner eckig sind; 2) so v.w. seiner Sand …
6quicksand — (n.) c.1400, from M.E. quyk living (see QUICK (Cf. quick)) + sond sand (see SAND (Cf. sand) (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant lively strait of water …
7quicksand — ► NOUN (also quicksands) ▪ loose wet sand that sucks in anything resting on it …
8quicksand — [kwik′sand΄] n. [ME quykkesand: see QUICK & SAND] a deep, semifluid deposit or bed of sand in which an animal, heavy object, etc. may be trapped or engulfed …
9Quicksand — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Quicksand signifie sable mouvant en anglais. Sommaire 1 Cinéma et télévision 2 …
10quicksand — quicksandy, adj. /kwik sand /, n. a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface. [1275 1325; ME qwykkesand. See QUICK,… …
