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Scylla
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scylla'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scylla.html. 1828.