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bithalassum

bithalassum, ~us [cf. διθάλασσος (Acts xxvii 41)] , meeting-place of waters, spit of land. †bythalasina, ubi duo maria conveniunt GlC B 231; cantus Sirenum et Tartarea bitalassa fallunt inscios H. Los. Ep. 22; ibi mundi bitalassus (Ruina Romae 16) Ps.-Map 217; hic pelagus, pontum, freta, jungas †bicaterassum Garl. Syn. 1586c; insula [Malta] ‥ ad quam difficilis est accessus propter †bitalissim, id est, litus in mare extensum Eul. Hist. II 92; holme off a sonde in the see, ‥ roode of schyppys stondynge, bitalassum PP.

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