| devil | 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." "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. 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. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. Blue devils. See Blue. Cartesian devil. See Cartesian. <zoology> Devil bird, 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. <botany> Devil's apron, a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus). To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. Origin: AS. Deofol, deoful; akin to G. Eufel, Goth. Diabaolus; 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| devil bird | <zoology> A small water bird. See Dabchick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| devil's darning-needle | <zoology> A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| devil's grip | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| devilfish | <zoology> A huge ray (Manta birostris or Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera. A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus. The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale. The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| devilwood | <botany> A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water devil | <zoology> The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea devil | <zoology> Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox. Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish. The angler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| devil's claw |
common unicorn plant: annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
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| devil's claw |
(Martynia parviflora or Prohoscidea parviflora)-also called the unicorn plant. A coarse, low-growing annual with large, shallowly lobed leaves. All parts of the plant are covered with coarse, sticky hairs. The seedpods turn black at maturity and each is characterized by a long, slightly curved extension of its tip. The plants grows at elevations of 1000 to 5000 feet and ranges from western Texas to southern Nevada.
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| devil's claw |
(Harpogophytum procumbens) The root of this native plant of Africa is used for it's anti-inflammatory & analgesic effects. This increasingly popular herb is used for treatment of Arthritis. Considered to be a bitter, it also improves digestion. Should not be used with stomach ulcers or fed to pregnant mares.
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a perennial herb, Harpagophytum procumbens, native to southern Africa; its dried tubular secondary roots and lateral tubers are used for dyspepsia, loss of appetite, and rheumatism; it is also used in homeopathy for rheumatism and in folk medicine for a wide variety of disorders.
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| devil's g. |
epidemic pleurodynia.
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| devil | a word used in exclamations of confusion |
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| devil | one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief |
| devil | a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) |
| devil | a cruel wicked and inhuman person |
| devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste |
| devil | cause annoyance in |
| devil | (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God |
| devil | a member of the United States Marine Corps |
| devil | trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions |
| devil | east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals |
| devil | a stinging herb of tropical America |
| devil | small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools |
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