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.
"The `devil chair' makes everyone the devil, no matter who they are," he says.
"We are now facing the dilemma of choosing between one man's savior and another man's devil," said Jair Meneguelli, president of the Central Workers' Union, a labor umbrella group.
As any self-respecting investigator will confirm, the devil is in the details.
A team of investigators discarded notions that the worshippers were followers of the devil, the state news release said.
No cigarettes, drugs, alcohol or carbonated drinks were allowed. There was no television, no radio, no movies: these worldly media were of the devil.
Defense lawyer Ray Clark, acknowledging the horror of Ramirez's satanic killings, argued that even if Ramirez was possessed by the devil, he deserves mercy.
The devil doesn't get his due in "Temptation," Vaclav Havel's reworking of the Faust legend, but then neither does the audience.
We try to beat the devil on every call," said Calvin Haupt, an emergency medical technician here.
Seed of the devil!
In most cases, the rumors hold that Satan worshipers are looking for blond, blue-eyed children to kill in a sacrifice to the devil. Some versions say the satanic followers must round up several children to sacrifice before Halloween.
Gore's group and others have expressed concern about music that they believe encourages violence, suicide, drug use, sexual promiscuity, bigotry and devil worship.
Ducote said devil worship is not illegal. "But most of the activity is a front for dealing in drugs," he said.
Let us have the devil.
The Moslem pilgrims who crowded into the Mo'essem tunnel in Mecca were hurrying to perform the ritual of "stoning the devil," the climax of the annual pilgrimage, or hajj.
The nasty, manipulative hack and hanger-on becomes more than an amusing contemptible devil; minor characters suddenly become major; depths of feeling and of more than social peril loom.
"This would be the only way for Colombians to know how many more mayors, in addition to Washington's, are possessed by the drug devil," said Santofimio in Tuesday speech that was published Wednesday in the newspaper La Prensa.
During his 1985 arraignment, Ramirez fueled speculation that he was indeed a devil worshiper when he yelled "Hail, Satan!" and flashed a pentagrammed palm in court.
He makes a pact in 'silver bullets' with the devil but on his wedding day Satan betrays him and he shoots dead not the targetted white dove but his wife.
The hot, dry "devil winds" from the desert gusted to 69 mph Thursday, causing damage estimated at $10 million but no serious injuries, although some residents had to dash through flames to safety, officials said.
Several clerks have been fielding complaints from motorists who are unhappy that the number on their new three-letter, three digit tags is 666 _ which some believe is the mark of the devil.
He was to do the same thing at Coventy Cathedral, where Epstein's figures of St Michael and the devil are among the last conventional figurative sculptural commissions for a public building in this century.
"I was really terrified," she said. "I became a devil for our conservative society.
"Curse of the Demon" (1958): A compelling and frightening classic about a devil cult.
All this makes some people fear that the Wall Street firms may be making a devil's bargain with the Japanese, blindly trading away their know-how for short-term cash and connections.
It gives the devil his photogenic due before rendezvousing with truth, sense and freedom. It also counterpoints the public dream of Maoism with the private dreams of its unheroic 'hero.'
Like the one that has Johnson meeting the devil one night on a Delta crossroad and doing the deal that made him the best guitarist in the county.
A dust devil, or mini tornado, struck the helium balloon, which has sophisticated look-down radar, he said.
"Senator Borah said, `You tell that reporter to go to the devil.
The disgraced pop music duo Milli Vanilli surrendered their best new artist Grammy Award on Tuesday and claimed their phony act as lipsyncing front men was a "pact with the devil" that victimized them.
She knows the old apparatus is protected not only by a privileged class but also by workers, farmers and pensioners who have made peace with the devil they know.