Part 3041

<h1>Devicefully</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vice"ful*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a deviceful manner.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Devil</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>de\'a2fol</ets>, <ets>de\'a2ful</ets>; akin to G. <ets><?/eufel</ets>, Goth. <ets>diaba\'a3lus</ets>; all fr. L. <ets>diabolus</ets> the devil, Gr. <?/ the devil, the slanderer, fr. <?/ to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; <?/ across + <?/ to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. <ets>gal</ets> to fall. Cf. <er>Diabolic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.</def>

<blockquote>[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the <b>devil</b>. <i>Luke iv. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That old serpent, called the <b>Devil</b>, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. <i>Rev. xii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An evil spirit; a demon.</def>

<blockquote>A dumb man possessed with a <b>devil</b>. <i>Matt. ix. 32.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.</def> "That <i>devil</i> Glendower." "The <i>devil</i> drunkenness."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a <b>devil</b>? <i>John vi. 70.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>The <b>devil</b> a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the <b>devil</b> they got there. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.</def>

<blockquote>Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing <b>devils</b> on the gridiron. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Manuf.)</fld> <def>A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Blue devils</col>. <cd>See under <er>Blue</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cartesian devil</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cartesian</er>.</cd> -- <col>Devil bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (<spn>Edolius retifer</spn>, and <spn>E. remifer</spn>), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.</cd> -- <col>Devil may care</col>, <cd>reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. <i>Longfellow</i>.</cd> -- <col>Devil's apron</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the large kelp (<spn>Laminaria saccharina</spn>, and <spn>L. longicruris</spn>) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron.</cd> -- <col>Devil's coachhorse</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The black rove beetle (<spn>Ocypus olens</spn>).</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A large, predacious, hemipterous insect (<spn>Prionotus cristatus</spn>); the wheel bug.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Devil's darning-needle</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Darn</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></cd> -- <mcol><col>Devil's fingers</col>, <col>Devil's hand</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the common British starfish (<spn>Asterias rubens</spn>); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]</mark> -- <col>Devil's riding-horse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the American mantis (<spn>Mantis Carolina</spn>).</cd> -- <col>The Devil's tattoo</col>, <cd>a drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played <i>the Devil's tattoo<i> on the door with his boot heels." <i>F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.)</i>.</cd> -- <col>Devil worship</col>, <cd>worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power.</cd> -- <col>Printer's devil</col>, <cd>the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the <i>printer's devil<i> or the sheriff's officer." <i>Macaulay</i>.</cd> -- <col>Tasmanian devil</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (<spn>Dasyurus, &or; Diabolus, ursinus</spn>).</cd> -- <col>To play devil with</col>, <cd>to molest extremely; to ruin. <mark></mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Devil</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deviled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Devilled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deviling</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Devilling</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>deviled</b> leg of turkey. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<-- <col>deviled egg</col> <cd>a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.</cd> -->

<mhw><h1>Devil-diver, Devil bird</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il-div`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dev"il bird`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small water bird. See <er>Dabchick</er>.</def>

<h1>Deviless</h1> <Xpage=403>