† bismen.
Obsolete.
An abysm; a deep pit.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > as pit or abyss
hell pitOE
pitOE
abysmc1350
hell-holec1400
abyssc1460
bisme1483
pota1500
barathrum?1510
bottomless pit1526
limbo-lake1558
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] > great or considerable depth > deep place, part, or thing
piteOE
bottomOE
swallowa1100
profundity?a1425
abysmc1475
bisme1483
gulfa1533
abyss1538
fathom1608
profound1640
a well of a1843
subterranean1912
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > deep
fosse?a1425
bisme1664
bore1674
bore-hole1708
boring1860
blowhole1891
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 94/3 He was a bysme or swolowe by cause he deserued to perse the depnes of dyuynyte.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados vi. v. 3 Fra thine strekis the way..Depe vnto hellis flude..With hole bisme, and hidduous swelth vnrude.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) ii. 51 For burning of Bricks..Noblemen care not to make a Bisme in their Parks.
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n.1483- to breathe down someone's neck
- to breathe down the back of neck
- to breathe down the back of someone's neck
- to breathe easily
- to breathe easy
- to breathe fire
- to breathe fire and sword
- to breathe freely
- to breathe in
- to breathe into life
- to breathe it all in
- to breathe life into
- to breathe new life into
- to breathe one's last
- to breathe one's last breath
- to breathe one's last gasp
- to breathe out
- to breathe out one's etc
- to breathe out one's life
- to breathe out one's soul
- to breathe out one's spirit
- to breathe short
- to breathe something into life
- to breathe through
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