‖Syr″tis (?), n.; pl.Syrtes (#). [See Syrt.] A quicksand.
Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea
Nor good dry land. Milton.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.