(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:36:08

A*bysm" (#), n. [OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. . See Abyss.]

An abyss; a gulf.

"The abysm of hell."

Shak.

 

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