(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Jan 10 2006 at 5:28:32

In*fer"no (?), n. [It. See Infernal.]

The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.

At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
D. C. Worcester.

 

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