Devil

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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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• devil

  A sort of priming made by damping and bruising gunpowder. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Dare-devil

  ·noun A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Devil bird

  ·noun A small water bird. ·see <<Dabchick>>. ...

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• Devil-diver

  ·noun ·Alt. of Devil bird. ...

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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...

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• Sea devil

  ·- The <<Angler>>. II. Sea devil ·- Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Arc...

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• Water devil

  ·- The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. ·...

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• devil catcher

  A parson. See snub devil. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• devil driver

  A parson. See snub devil. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• devil drawer

  A miserable painter. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• kill devil

  New still-burnt rum. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• snub devil

  A parson. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• dare-devil

  One who fears nothing, and will attempt anything. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• devil-bolts

  Those with false clenches, often introduced into contract-built ships. ...

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• devil-fish

  The Lophius piscatorius, a hideous creature, which has also obtained the name of fish-frog, monk-fis...

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• kill-devil

  New rum, from its pernicious effects. ...

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• sea-devil

  A name for the Lophius piscatorius, or angler, a fish with a large head and thick short body. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cheating the devil

  Softenings of very profane phrases, the mere euphemisms of hard swearing, as od rot it, od's blood, ...

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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

• 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

• 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...

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