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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.
Dispirited. "I have the blue devils today.â€
Evil is American slang for impressive, admirable.
An expletive, expressing wonder or vexation, sometimes used as a term for mischief.
Euphemism for hell or the devil.
To beat all or beat the devil. "It was rainin' to beat the Dutch."
In the days of sail, paying the devil was a term for sealing the devil seam. It was a difficult and unpleasant job.
The old boy is slang for the Devil.
Devil screecher is Dorset slang for a swift.
To raise the devil is slang for to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble.
A euphemism for devil.
Give the devil his due is slang for be fair to someone.
Candle to the devil, To hold a
 To be evil
Red Devils is slang for secobarbital.
Red devil is London Cockney rhyming slang for a spirit level.
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."
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n.
Alt. of Devil bird
a.
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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Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
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Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
n.
A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil.
n.
The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.
v. t.
To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.
n.
An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
n.
Devil; -- spelt also deel.
n.
An evil spirit; a devil.
n.
The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
prep.
An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
v. t.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
v. t.
To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
n.
malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
n.
A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
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A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
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An evil spirit; a demon.
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