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kill-devil
New rum, from its pernicious effects.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Kill
·noun A <<Kiln>>.
II. Kill ·add. ·noun The act of <<Killing>>.
III. Kill ·add. ·noun An animal kil...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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kill
(Dutch kil.)
A channel, or arm of the sea; a stream; river. This Dutch appellation is still preserv...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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kill
A channel or stream, as Cats-kill, Schuylkill, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Devil
·noun An evil spirit; a demon.
II. Devil ·noun A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
III. D...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Devil
(Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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devil
1) A printer's errand-boy. Also a small thread in the king's ropes and cables, whereby they may be d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil
A kind of expletive, expressing wonder or vexation; a ludicrous negative, in an adverbial sense; a t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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devil
A sort of priming made by damping and bruising gunpowder.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Devil
(slanderer). The name describes Satan as slandering God to man and man to God. The former work is of...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kill-joy
·noun One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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kill priest
Port wine.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dare-devil
·noun A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Devil bird
·noun A small water bird. ·see <<Dabchick>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Devil-diver
·noun ·Alt. of Devil bird.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-devil
·add. ·noun A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, ·etc.
II. Go-devil ·add. ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea devil
·- The <<Angler>>.
II. Sea devil ·- Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Arc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water devil
·- The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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devil catcher
A parson.
See snub devil.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil driver
A parson.
See snub devil.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil drawer
A miserable painter.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil, tasmanian
n.
an animal, Sarcophilusursinus, Harris. Formerly, but erroneously, referred tothe genus Dasyurus ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mountain-devil
n.
name given to thestrange-looking Australian lizard, Moloch horridus,Gray. See Moloch. Also calle...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tasmanian devil
n.
the only species of thegenus Sarcophilus (q.v.), S. ursinus.
1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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devil-fish
(Genus, Sophius. Cuvier.) The common name of the American Angler, so called from its hideous form. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dare-devil
One who fears nothing, and will attempt anything.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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devil-bolts
Those with false clenches, often introduced into contract-built ships.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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devil-fish
The Lophius piscatorius, a hideous creature, which has also obtained the name of fish-frog, monk-fis...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-devil
A name for the Lophius piscatorius, or angler, a fish with a large head and thick short body.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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kill care club
The members of this club, styled also the Sons of Sound Sense and Satisfaction, met at their fortres...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cheating the devil
Softenings of very profane phrases, the mere euphemisms of hard swearing, as od rot it, od's blood, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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devil-on-the-coals
n.
a Bushman's name fora small and quickly-baked damper.
1862. Rev. A. Polehampton, `Kangaroo Land...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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devil to pay and no pitch hot
The seam which margins the water-ways was called the "devil," why only caulkers can tell, who perhap...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
The Sailor's Word-Book