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   Infernal , a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See Inferior.]
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   Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.
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   The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy.
   Garth.
   
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   Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct.
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   The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings.
   Addison.
   
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   Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property. -- Infernal stone (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.
   Syn. -- Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.
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   Infernal, n. An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself. [Obs.]
   Drayton.
   
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