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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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Go
·noun A glass of spirits.
II. Go ·noun Act; working; operation.
III. Go ·p.p. <<Gone>>.
IV. Go ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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the go
The mode; the fashion. 'This is all the go.'
What! Ben, my old hero, is this your renown?
Is thi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go!
A word sometimes given when all is ready for the launch of a vessel from the stocks.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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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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kill devil
New still-burnt rum.
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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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kill-devil
New rum, from its pernicious effects.
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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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Go-between
·noun An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer;
— usually in a disparaging sense.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-by
·noun A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to g...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-out
·noun A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go between
A pimp or bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go shop
The Queen's Head in Duke's court, Bow street, Covent Garden; frequented by the under players: where ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go-ashore
n.
an iron pot or cauldron, withthree iron feet, and two ears, from which it was suspended bya wire...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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the go by
To give one the go by is to deceive him; to leave him in the lurch.--Craven Glossary.
TO GO BY
To ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go for
To be in favor of. Thus, 'I go for peace with Mexico,' means I am in favor of peace with Mexico, or,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go ahead
To proceed; to go forward. A seaman's phrase which has got
I was tired out and wanted a day to rest...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go-cab
a vulgar oath. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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go ahead!
or go on!
The order to the engineer in a steamer.
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go ashores
The seamen's best dress.
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go by
stratagem
♦ To give her the go by, is to escape by deceiving.
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go down
The name given to store-houses and magazines in the East Indies.
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go slow
The order to the engineer to cut off steam without stopping the play of the engine.
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sentry go!
The order to the new sentry to proceed to the relief of the previous one.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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weather-go
The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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Merry-go-round
·noun Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; ·esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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thorough go nimble
A looseness, a violent purging.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whither-go-ye
A wife: wives being sometimes apt to question their husbands whither they are going.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bung, to go
v.
to fail, to become bankrupt.This phrase of English school-boy slang, meaning to go off withan ex...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to go it blind
To accede to any object with out due consideration. Mr. Greeley, in speaking of General Taylor's cla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go it strong
To perform an act with vigor or without scruple.
President Polk in his message goes it strong for t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go to pot
To be destroyed, wasted, or ruined.--Johnson. Webster. Though much used, it is considered a low phra...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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go ashore, to
To land on leave.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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happy-go-lucky
A reckless indifference as to danger.
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch-and-go
Said of anything within an ace of ruin; as in rounding a ship very narrowly to escape rocks, &c., or...
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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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to go the big figure
To do things on a large scale.
Why, our senators go the big figure on fried oysters and whisky punc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go the whole figure
To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object.
Go the whole figure for religious libe...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go the whole hog
A Western vulgarism, meaning to be out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go through the mill
A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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joy go with thee!
a favourable wish ; sometimes used ironically. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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let go and haul!
or afore haul!
The order to haul the head-yards round by the braces when the ship casts on the oth...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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let go under foot
See under foot.
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let go by the run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose