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See dever. devour able (dē-vour'a-bl), a. [ A clear and undebauch'd appetite renders everything sweet and delightful to a sound body, and (as Homer expre es it) devour able . Plutarch , Morals, ii. 116 (Ord MS.). devourer (de-vour'er), n. 1. One who devours; one who or that which eats greedily, consumes, or preys upon. Carp and tench do best together, all other fish being devourers of their spawn. Mortimer, Husbandry. 2. A local English name of the glutinous hag, devour est, Myxine glutinosa. -e , equiv. OF. IMG:content-2529.png:[ocr errors] A female devourer. Wyclif. devouringly (de-vour'ing-li), adv. In a devouring manner.