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A*byss" (&unr_;), n. [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. &unr_; bottomless; 'a priv. + &unr_; depth, bottom.] 1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
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Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton.
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The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.
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2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
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The abysses of metaphysical theology. Macaulay.
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In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. Burke.
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3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon.
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&hand_; This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the wicked were punished. Encyc. Brit.
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