deviless (devles)

[ Though we should abominate each other ten times worse than so many devils and devile es , we should be all courtesy and kindne . Sterne , Tristram Shandy, ii. 188. devilet (dev'l-et), n. [ And pray now what were these Devilets call'd? These three little Fiends so gay? Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 392. devil-fish (dev'l-fish), n. In zoöl . , a name of various marine animals of large size or uncanny appearance. ( a ) The popular name of a large pediculate fish, Lophius piscator i us , otherwise called angler , fishing frog , sea - devil , toad - fish , etc. See cut under angler . (b) In the United States, a name applied chiefly to a gigantic cephalopteroid ray, Manta birostris or Ceratoptera vampy Devil-fish, or Giant Ray ( Manta birostris). rus, which has very wide-spreading sides or pectoral fins, long cephalic fins turned forward and inward, a terminal mouth, and small teeth, in the lower jaw only. The width of this great batoid fish sometimes exceeds 20 feet. It progre es in the ocean by flapping its sides or pectorals up and down, and is occasionally hunted by sportsmen with harpoons. It is viviparous, and generally has but a single young one at a birth. (c) In California, a name sometimes given to the gray whale, Rhachianectes glaucus. devil hood (dev'l-hud), n. [ Did ever any seek for the greatest good in the worst of evils? This is not heresy, but meer devilism . Bp. Hall , Remains, p. 150. devilize (dev'l-iz), v.; pret. and pp. devilized , ppr. devil i zing . [Formerly also divelize ; devil +-ize.] I. in trans. To act or be like a devil. To keep their kings from divelizing . N. Ward , Simple Cobler (1647), p. 48. II. trans. To make a devil of; place among devils. [Rare.] He that should deify a saint should wrong him as much as he that should devilize him. Bp. Hall, Remains, p. 13.