Devilish

extravagant; enormous. Deuterogamy, du-ter-og'a-mi, n. A 2d marriage, the death of the first husband or wife. — Deuteron'omy, -o-mT, n. {Bibl.) The 5th book of the Pent a teuch, containing the 2d giving of the law by Moses. — Deuterop'athy, -tht, n. (Med.) A sympathetic affection, as headache from an overloaded stomach. — Deuteros'copy, -pT, n. Second sight; meaning yond the literal sense; second intention. — Deutox'lde, -id, n. (Chem.) A compound of 2 equivalents oxygen with. 1 of a base. Devastate, dev'as or de-vas'tat, v. t. To lay waste, desolate, demolish, pillage. — Devastation, n. of, or state of being, etc. {Law.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an administrator. Develop, de-vel'up, v. t. [-oped (-upt), -oping.] free from a cover or envelope, disclose or make known, unfold gradually, exhibit, detect. (Math.) To change the form of (an algebraic expre ion) executing indicated operations without changing the value. {Photog.) To render (a picture) visible subjecting it to chemical action. — v. i. To through a natural evolution, bj' succe ive changes to a more perfect state; to become visible gradually. — Development, n. Act of, etc. {Math.) Act of panding an expre ion into another of equivalent meaning; the equivalent expre ion into which other has been developed. — Development theory. {Nat. Hist.) Doctrine that all existing forms matter and spirit were developed by uniform from simpler forms, without creative act. Devest, de-vest', v. t. To divest. (Law.) To alienate, as title or right, deprive of. — v. i. To be lost alienated, as a title or an estate. [Except in legal sense, spelled divest, q. v.] Deviate, de'vi-St, v. i. To go out of one's way, aside from a course, digre , err. — Devia'tion, Act of, etc.; state of having deviated; error. — vious, -vY-us, a. Out of a straight line; indirect; going out of the right course of conduct. Device. See under Devise. or Devil, dev'l, n. The evil one, Satan, represented in; Scripture as the traducer, father of lies, tempter, ^ asing etc.; emphasis. an evil spirit; (Manuf.) false A god; revolving an expletive cylinder expre armed ** sub no with spikes, for tearing, cutting, or opening raw materials, as cotton, wool, rags, etc. A very wicked person; a dish, broiled with much pepper.— v. t. To make like a devil; to cut up cloth or rags in, etc.; to -tiv, grill with pepper.— Devilish, dev'lish, a. Like, or pert, to, the devil; wicked in the extreme; infernal; hellish; satanic; detestable. — Dev'iltry, -1-trY, n. Diabolism; malicious mischief. — Dev'ilk in, n. A little devil.— Dev'il's-darn'ing-nee'dle, n. A dragonfly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a of, needle.— Dev'il-fish, n. A name of several sea-creatures, esp. of a genus of ray found in the Atlantic, and of the cuttle-fish. — Di'abol'ic, -ical, a. Like, deor pert, to, the devil; impious; demoniac— Diablerie, dya'bl-re', Diab'lery, dY-ab'ler-Y, n.