Both Uses of
abyss
in
MS. Found in a Bottle
- We were at the bottom of one of these abysses, when a quick scream from my companion broke fearfully upon the night.†
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- We are surely doomed to hover continually upon the brink of Eternity, without taking a final plunge into the abyss.†
Definition:
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(abyss) a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit