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Q QUADRANT to QUARTER-MASTER QUARTER-NETTING to QUOIN QUARTER-NETTING QUARTER-RAILS QUARTER-WIND QUARTERS QUARTERS! QUICK-SAND QUICK-WORK QUILTING QUOIN Search Contact us
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QUICK-SANDQUICK-SAND, a loose quaking sand, into which a ship sinks by her own weight, as soon as the water retreats from her bottom.
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