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IMG:content-2351.png:[blocks in formation] = Bot .: Ranunculus arvensis. ( Britten & Holland .) devil's-corn, s. Bot .: Stellar i a holostea . ( Britten & Holland .) devil's-cow, s. Entom.: The same as DEVIL'S COACH-HORSE (q. v.). devil's-currycomb, s . IMG:content-2352.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ord. Lang.: To make devilish or diabolical. II. Technically : condiment. 1. Cookery : To grill with cayenne pepper or other devil or teazing-machine. 2. Weaving : To prepare cotton or wool with the *děv-il-dom, s . [Eng. devil ; -dom.] Dealings with the devil. "I defy you to name a man half so famous For devildoms ." Barham: In golds by Leg., Lord of Tholouse. děv'-Iled, pa . par . & a. [DEVIL, v.] děv-11-ět, s . [Eng. dev i ( l ], and dim in. suff. -let .] A little devil; an imp. "And pray now what were these devilets call'd?" Barham: In golds by Leg., Truants, *děv-11-fül-ly, adv . [Formed from devil , as manfully from man .] Like a devil. strove manfully, yea devil fully , to attain it."-E. Peacock : Ralf Skirlaugh , iii. 7. *děv-1l-hood, *dev-el-hede, s. [Eng. devil; -hood.] Devilishne ; the nature of a devil. "But I shall find out counter charms, Thy airy devilship to remove." Cowley: Description of Honor. †děv-11-try, s. [Eng. devil ; -try.] Devilish or diabolical acts; devilry. Bot.: A yellow poppy, Argemone mexican a . devil's-fingers, s. Bot .: Arum maculatum. ( Britten & Holland . ) devil's leaf, s. and Gr. skopeō =to see.] (For def. see extract.) "The devioscope , or apparatus showing directly the IMG:content-2353.png:[blocks in formation] "The most suited to a mean and devilish nature."- Hume: Nat . Hist. of Religion. treme, exceeding. 2. Used ludicrously in the sense of exce ive, ex- "He's off and on at so devilish a rate, a man knows not where to have him."-Dryden: Love Triumphant, iv. 1. *devilish-holy, a. Wicked and good at the same time. "When truth kills truth, O devilish-holy fray!" Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 2. děv-11-ish-ly, adv . [Eng. devilish ; -ly .] 1. Lit .: Like a devil. In the way that a devil might be expected to do; diabolically, infernally, děv-11-1şm, s. [Eng. devil ; -ism.] Devilry; an act befitting a devil. mains , p. 150. "This is not heresy, but mere devilism ."--Bp. Hall : Re- děv-il-ize, v. t. [Eng. devil; -ize.] To place or rank among devils. Bot .: Various species of Lycoperdon, especially L. Bovista , from its supposed deleterious properties, and from the clouds of brown snuff-like spores that -kin .] A devilet, a little devil, an imp. mains, P. 13. děv-Il-kin, s. [English devil , and dim in. suff. IMG:content-2354.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2355.png:[blocks in formation] devisable