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Webster's English Dictionary

devil

n. [AS. defol, deful; akin to G. eufel, Goth. diabalus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. the devil, the slanderer, fr. to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; across + to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. ()

[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. (Luke iv. 2.)

That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. (Rev. xii. 9.)

2. An evil spirit; a demon. ()

A dumb man possessed with a devil. (Matt. ix. 32.)

3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. (Shak.)

Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? (John vi. 70.)

4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. ()

The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. (Shak.)

The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. (Pope.)

5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. ()

Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. (Sir W. Scott.)

6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. ()

Blue devils. See under Blue. -- Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian. -- Devil bird (Zol.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. -- Devil's coachhorse. (Zol.) (a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect (Prionotus cristatus); the wheel bug. [U.S.] -- Devil's darning-needle. (Zol.) See under Darn, v. t. -- Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zol.), the common British starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] -- Devil's riding-horse (Zol.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina). -- The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet. Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels. F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). -- Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. -- Printer's devil, 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 printer's devil or the sheriff's officer. Macaulay. -- Tasmanian devil (Zol.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. Diabolus ursinus). -- To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low] ()

v. t. 1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. ()

2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. ()

A deviled leg of turkey. (W. Irving.)

n. (Zol.) A small water bird. See Dabchick. ()