Lábyrinth. n.s. [labyrinthus, Latin.] A maze; a place formed with inextricable windings.

                                Suffolk, stay;
Thou may'st not wander in that labyrinth;
There Minotaurs, and ugly treasons lurk. Shakespeare.

            Words, which would tear
The tender labyrinth of a maid's soft ear. Donne.

          My clamours tear
The ear's soft labyrinth, and cleft the air. Sandy's Paraph.

The earl of Essex had not proceeded with his accustomed wariness and skill; but run into labyrinths, from whence he could not disentangle himself. Clarendon, b. viii.

My soul is on her journey; do not now
Divert, or lead her back, to lose herself
I' th' maze and winding labyrinth o' th' world. Denham.