Part 3042

<hw>Dev"il*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A she-devil.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Devilet</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little devil.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barham.</i>

<h1>Devilfish</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A huge ray (<spn>Manta birostris</spn> &or; <spn>Cephaloptera vampyrus</spn>) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See <er>Cephaloptera</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of <spn>Octopus</spn> and <spn>Architeuthis</spn></def>. See <er>Octopus</er>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The gray whale of the Pacific coast</def>. See <er>Gray whale</er>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The goosefish or angler (<spn>Lophius</spn>), and other allied fishes. See <er>Angler</er>.</def>

<h1>Deviling</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A young devil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Devilish</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.</def> "<i>Devilish</i> wickedness."

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<blockquote>This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, <b>devilish</b>. <i>James iii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extreme; excessive.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked; malicious; detestable; destructive.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dev"il*ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dev"il*ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Devilism</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Devilize</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a devil of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he that should <b>devilize</b> him. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Devilkin</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev"il*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little devil; a devilet.</def>

<h1>Devilment</h1> <Xpage=403>