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‖ vorago Now rare.|vɒˈreɪgəʊ|
[L. vorāgo, f. vorāre to devour. Cf. vorage.]
An abyss, gulf, or chasm.
1654Howell Parthenop. To Rdr. A ij b, The great Vorago or fiery Gulph..which rageth in the head of that Mountain [Vesuvius]. 1656S. H. Gold. Law 91 Earth⁓quakes, Chasmaes, and Voragoes were at his command. 1669Phil. Trans. IV. 1028 The top of ætna must about the same time have sunk down into its old Vorago or hole.
fig.1836Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1876 VI. 450 Adultery and concubinage did you mention! Another vorago, two voragoes, Scylla and Charybdis, of national wealth. 1895J. J. Raven Hist. Suffolk 151 Five years more, and Blythburgh Priory perishes in the general vorago. |