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underworld
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Underworld
(gcide) | Underworld \Un"der*world`\, n.
1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the
heavens; the earth.
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That overspreads (with such a reverence)
This underworld. --Daniel.
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2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
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3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the
opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.]
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Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld.
--Tennyson.
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4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury.
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underworld
(wn) | underworld
n 1: the criminal class
2: (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with
all his immense wealth"-Theognis [syn: Hell, Hades,
infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld] |
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Underworld
(gcide) | Underworld \Un"der*world`\, n.
1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the
heavens; the earth.
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That overspreads (with such a reverence)
This underworld. --Daniel.
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2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
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3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the
opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.]
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Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the underworld.
--Tennyson.
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4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury.
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