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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1586
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(Scylla,) Scyll, n. [e.m.E. Scilla (c1520), Silla (c1580), Scylla (c1620), L. Scylla, f. the Gk.] Scylla, the rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, opposite the whirlpool of Charybdis. In fig. use, of running up against one danger while trying to avoid its opposite. — a1570-86 J. Maitland Maitland Folio MS 436/65.
Fleand Charibde be war in Scyll to fall
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