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l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -iled, -il·ing or (especially British

) -illed, -il·ling.

–noun

Theology.

a.	(sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.

b.	a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.

2.	an atrociously wicked, cruel, or ill-tempered person.

3.	a person who is very clever, energetic, reckless, or mischievous.

4.	a person, usually one in unfortunate or pitiable circumstances: The poor devil kept losing jobs through no fault of his own.

5.	Also called printer's devil. Printing. a young worker below the level of apprentice in a printing office.

6.	any of various mechanical devices, as a machine for tearing rags, a machine for manufacturing wooden screws, etc.

7.	Nautical. (in deck or hull planking) any of various seams difficult to caulk because of form or position.

8.	any of various portable furnaces or braziers used in construction and foundry work.

9.	the devil, (used as an emphatic expletive or mild oath to express disgust, anger, astonishment, negation, etc.): What the devil do you mean by that?

–verb (used with object)

10.	to annoy; harass; pester: to devil Mom and Dad for a new car.

11.	to tear (rags, cloth, etc.) with a devil.

12.	Cookery. to prepare (food, usually minced) with hot or savory seasoning: to devil eggs.

—Idioms

13.	between the devil and the deep (blue) sea, between two undesirable alternatives; in an unpleasant dilemma.

14.	devil of a, extremely difficult or annoying; hellish: I had a devil of a time getting home through the snow.

15.	give the devil his due, to give deserved credit even to a person one dislikes: To give the devil his due, you must admit that she is an excellent psychologist.

16.

go to the devil,

a.	to fail completely; lose all hope or chance of succeeding.

b.	to become depraved.

c.	(an expletive expressing annoyance, disgust, impatience, etc.)

17.	let the devil take the hindmost, to leave the least able or fortunate persons to suffer adverse consequences; leave behind or to one's fate: They ran from the pursuing mob and let the devil take the hindmost.

18.	play the devil with, to ruin completely; spoil: The financial crisis played the devil with our investment plans.

19.

raise the devil,

a.	to cause a commotion or disturbance.

b.	to celebrate wildly; revel.

c.	to make an emphatic protest or take drastic measures.

20.	the devil to pay, trouble to be faced; mischief in the offing: If conditions don't improve, there will be the devil to pay.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME devel, OE déofol < LL diabolus < Gk diábolos Satan (Septuagint, NT), lit., slanderer (n.), slanderous (adj.), verbid of diabállein to assault someone's character, lit., to throw across, equiv. to dia- dia- + bállein to throw

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dev·il Audio Help (děv'əl) Pronunciation Key
n.

often Devil In many religions, the major personified spirit of evil, ruler of Hell, and foe of God. Used with the.
A subordinate evil spirit; a demon.
A wicked or malevolent person.
A person: a handsome devil; the poor devil.
An energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever person.
Printing A printer's devil.
A device or machine, especially one having teeth or spikes and used for tearing.
An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad: has a devil of a temper.
A severe reprimand or expression of anger: gave me the devil for cutting class.
Informal Used as an intensive: Who the devil do you think you are?

tr.v. dev·iled or dev·illed, dev·il·ing or dev·il·ling, dev·ils

To season (food) heavily.
To annoy, torment, or harass.
To tear up (cloth or rags) in a toothed machine.

[Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol, from Latin diabolus, from Late Greek diabolos, from Greek, slanderer, from diaballein, to slander : dia-, dia- + ballein, to hurl; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.]

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