acheron : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acheron	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acheron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Acheron n (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon Synonym(s): Acheron, River Acheron
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acheron \Ach"e*ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. --Shak.