Dict: smith - QUICKSANDS, THE

smith:

QUICKSANDS, THE - Q>@ - more properly THE SYRTIS, THE, kjv@Acts:27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast between Carthage and Cyrene. There were properly two Syrtes
the eastern or larger, now called the Gulf of Sidra , and the western or smaller, now the Gulf of Cabes . It is the former to which our attention is directed in this passage of the Acts.