Devil : (noun)
1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil
and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
[syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, the Devil, Lucifer,
Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
2: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
belief [syn: fiend, demon, daemon, daimon]
3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
"the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: deuce,
dickens]
4: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he
chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: hellion,
heller]
5: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
demon, ogre]
(verb)
1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really
bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the
door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother,
get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel,
vex, chafe]
2: coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. Willy.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including
many species, most of which are characterized often used
as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. ``A
wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.'' --Sir W.
Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
And I must wear the willow garland For him that's
dead or false to me. --Campbell.
2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See
under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow biter (Zo["o]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zo["o]l.), a greenish European stone fly
({Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zo["o]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides).
Willow grouse (Zo["o]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under Reed.
(b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the veery, or
Wilson's thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zo["o]l.), a very small European warbler
({Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird,
haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William,
Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. Willy.]
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a
revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a
willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and
devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy. --Tomlinson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Devil : \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; 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. ``That devil
Glendower.'' ``The devil drunkenness.'' --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. [Low]
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 (Zo["o]l.), one of two or more South African
drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer, and E. 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 L. longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean,
having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat
like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zo["o]l.)
(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. (Zo["o]l.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zo["o]l.), the common
British starfish ({Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a
sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Devil : \Dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deviledor Devilled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Devilingor Devilling.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Devil : (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual
interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the
accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10).
In Lev. 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew
_sair_, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" (Isa. 13:21; 34:14),
alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship
among the heathen.
In Deut. 32:17 and Ps. 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew
_shed_, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a
"demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version.
In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of
devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of
our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession
(Matt. 12:25-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; 10:18, etc.).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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