| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (I) Individual Volition | | Section II. Prospective Volition |
| 3. Contingent Subservience |
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| 667. [Source of Danger.] Pitfall. |
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| NOUN: | rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt [rare], syrtis [rare]; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast, rockbound coast; rock -, breakers- ahead; derelict.
ABYSS, abysm, pit, void, chasm, crevasse.
WHIRLPOOL, eddy, vortex, gurge [rare], rapids, undertow; current, tide gate, tide race, maelstrom; eagre, bore, tidal wave.
PITFALL; ambush [See Ambush]; trapdoor; trap (snare) [See Deception]; mine, masked battery, spring-gun.
PEST, ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort [F.]; crouching tiger; incendiary, firebug [slang]; firebrand; hornet’s nest.
sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, snake in one’s bosom, death in the -cup, - pot; latency [See Latency].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Latet anguis in herbâ.—Vergil
- Proximus ardet Ucalegon.—Vergil
- O Thou, who didst with pitfall and with sin Beset the Road I was to wander in.—Omar Khayyám—Fitzgerald
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