Definition of Scilla
Scyl"la (?), n. A dangerous rock on
the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of
Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous
monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous;
hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great
peril on either hand.
Scyl"la (?), n. A dangerous rock on
the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of
Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous
monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous;
hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great
peril on either hand.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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