Quicksand Season 9 of the cartoon "Archer" featured a lengthy scene where two of the main characters fought to free themselves from quicksand. Pete Seeger's song "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" mentions someone drowning after getting stuck in quicksand. Quicksand Quicksand is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay), and water. Quicksand forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a liquefied soil that loses strength and cannot support weight. Quicksand can form in standing water or in upwards flowing water
Cob (material) an "unburned clay masonry" when used in a structural context. It might also be referred to as an "aggregate" in non-structural contexts, such as a "clay and sand aggregate" or more simply an "organic aggregate," such as where the cob is an insulating filler between post and beam construction. "Cob" is an English term attested to around the year 1600 for an ancient building material that has been used for building since prehistoric times. The etymology of "cob" and "cobbing" is unclear, but in several senses means to "beat" or "strike", which is how cob material is applied to a