Syrtes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syrtis \Syr"tis\, n.; pl. {Syrtes}. [See {Syrt}.]
     A quicksand.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea
           Nor good dry land.                       --Milton.


     [1913 Webster] Syrup