The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syrtis \Syr"tis\, n.; pl. Syrtes. [See Syrt.] A quicksand.
Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea
Nor good dry land.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A quicksand.
Wikipedia
Syrtis (, either of two shallow sandy gulfs on the coast of Libya, proverbially dangerous to shipping) may refer to:
Usage examples of "syrtis".
The Regals had carefully kept her faction quarantined in the Syrtis redemption camp.
He started to say something else, but at that moment Danilo Syrtis, covered in dust, crawled out from under his bed.
Even if he deputizes every man in Syrtis he only has maybe a hundred to a hundred and fifty guns.
Even if he deputizes every man in Syrtis he only has maybe a hundred and fifty guns.
I'd like to have a hundred and fifty or so of us out of Syrtis Minor and headed north before Beecher recovers from his surprise.
The weather on the Escarpment was often violent, with katabatic winds rushing downslope and colliding with the Syrtis trade winds to create tall fast red tornadoes, or onslaughts of gritty hail.
The weather on the escarpment was often violent, with katabatic winds rushing downslope and colliding with the Syrtis trade winds to create tall fast red tornadoes, or onslaughts of gritty hail.
She could look down on the cluster of prefabricated huts and sheds, on the brush-grown flat that had been the waterfront when this place had been a seaport on the ocean that was now Syrtis Depression.
They used to hold land near Carthon,” he explained, “and they were a sub-clan of the Altons, along with the Leyniers and the people of Syrtis.
The sun dropped, the eastern sky darkened, and the arch of colors above Syrtis to the west was a spectrum array, shading through yellow, orange, a narrow pale streak of green, teal blue, and indigo.
The land was the usual redrock, though here tinted blackish, as it tended to be through this region, darkening as you move east towards black Syrtis.