QUICKSAND
Quick"sand`, n.
Defn: Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it. Life hath quicksands, — Life hath snares! Longfellow.
QUICK-SCENTED
Quick"-scent`ed, a.
Defn: Acute of smell.
QUICKSET
Quick"set`, n.
Defn: A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
QUICKSET
Quick"set`, a.
Defn: Made of quickset.
Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.
QUICKSET
Quick"set`, v. t.
Defn: To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.