Definition of devil

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Devil (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc..

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Deviltry :: Deviltry (n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.
Water Devil :: Water devil () The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle..
Bedevilling :: Bedevilling () of Bedevi.
Bedevilled :: Bedevilled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedevi.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths..
Devilwood :: Devilwood (n.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive..
Child :: Child (n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people..
Willow :: Willow (n.) 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..
Bishop''s-wort :: Bishop's-wort (n.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush..
Demon :: Demon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil.
Devilry :: Devilry (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
Diabolify :: Diabolify (v. t.) To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil..
Octopus :: Octopus (n.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,.
Devil's Darning-needle :: Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t..
Davy Jones :: Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..
Demonomania :: Demonomania (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.
Demoniac :: Demoniac (n.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.
Dickens :: Dickens (n. / interj.) The devil.
Exorcise :: Exorcise (v. t.) To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one..
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