devil

n. கூளி, கடவுள் எதிரி, மனித இனத்தை வீழ்ச்சியிற் சிக்கவைக்கம் தீய சக்தி, பிசாசு, தீய ஆவி, குறும்புத்தெய்வம், மனித எல்லைக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட தீய ஆற்றல், தீமையின் உருவம், கொடுமையின் வடிவம், போர்வெறி, மூர்க்கம், தாக்குதல் செய்யும் துணிச்சல், கொடியவர், ஆணவக்காரர்ம, நற்பேறற்றவர், அப்பாவி, துயர்பபட்டவர், கெடுவிலங்கு, வியத்தகு திறம்படைத்தவர், அச்சகப் பையன், எடுபிடியாள், இலக்கியக் கூலியுழைப்பாளர், வழக்குரைஞரின் துணைப் பணியாளர், வாணவெடி, புழுதிப்புயல், மண்மரி, சுவையூட்டப்பட்ட அவியலுண்டி வகை, பொருத்து வேலைக்காரர் உலையடுப்பு, கிழித்துச் சிதைக்கும் இயந்திர வகை, சினயவ்ன், தொல்லை, (வினை) வழக்குரைஞர் துணையாளாகப் பணியாற்று, ஆசிரியரின் சிற்றாளாக உழை, சுவையூட்டி அவியடியை வேகவை.

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Dev"il, n. Etym: [AS. deófol, deóful; akin to G. , Goth. diabaúlus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Pope. 5. (Cookery) Defn: A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) Defn: A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. Blue devils. See under Blue. -- Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian. -- Devil bird (Zoöl.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and L. longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. -- Devil's coachhorse. (Zoöl.) (a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect (Prionotus cristatus); the wheel bug. [U.S.] -- Devil's darning-needle. (Zoöl.) See under Darn, v. t. -- Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zoöl.), the common British starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] -- Devil's riding-horse (Zoöl.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina). -- The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels." F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). -- Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. -- Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay. -- Tasmanian devil (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus). -- To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low] Dev"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deviled or Devilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviling or Devilling.] 1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. W. Irving. deviled egg a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.