A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quik-sand, Quick-sand, n.1 [Late ME and e.m.E. qwykkesand (15th c.), quyke sand (Caxton), etc., f. ME (Rolle) and e.m.E. qwik, quick (= Quik adj.) shifting, yielding (ground, soil, etc.): cf. also Du. kwikzand, Dan. kvik-, Sw. qvicksand, Icel. kviksandr.] A quicksand. —1535 Stewart 55823.
Als in the fleing dround wes mony ane In the quik sand … quhen the se wes fow 1587 Carmichael Etym. 24.
Syrteis, quicksands 1596 Dalr. I 59/4.
Quick sandes
