n. 魔鬼

vt. 折磨, 戏弄

[法] 人面兽心者, 恶人, 恶棍

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 {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}. (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 ursinus} syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).

{To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]

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.


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}.


devil \dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deviled}or {Devilled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Deviling}or {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.