What is the meaning of DEVIL SEAM. Phrases containing DEVIL SEAM
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Red devil is London Cockney rhyming slang for a spirit level.
Give the devil his due is slang for be fair to someone.
Red Devils is slang for secobarbital.
Henry Meville is London Cockney rhyming slang for Devil.
Dispirited. "I have the blue devils today.â€
A euphemism for devil.
In the days of sail, paying the devil was a term for sealing the devil seam. It was a difficult and unpleasant job.
To raise the devil is slang for to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble.
Devil screecher is Dorset slang for a swift.
Candle to the devil, To hold a
 To be evil
An expletive, expressing wonder or vexation, sometimes used as a term for mischief.
Beat the Devil around the Stump
To evade responsibility or a difficult task. "Quit beatin' the devil around the stump and ask that girl to marry you."
The old boy is slang for the Devil.
Euphemism for hell or the devil.
Evil is American slang for impressive, admirable.
The devil was possibly a slang term for the garboard seam, hence "between the devil and the deep blue sea" being an allusion to keel hauling.
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v. t.
To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.
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A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
v. t.
To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
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The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
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Alt. of Devil bird
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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
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A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil.
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A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
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To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
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An evil spirit; a demon.
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An evil spirit; a devil.
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In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
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malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
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Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
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An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
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Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
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The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.
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Devil; -- spelt also deel.
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A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
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