·noun The center of an Escutcheon.
II. Abyss ·noun Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
III. Abyss ·noun A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
A deep mass of waters; in hydrography it was synonymous with gulf. ...
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