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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS wilig welig akin to OD wilge, D. wilg, LG wilge. Cf {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. ``A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.'' --Sir W. Scott. Hence a lover forsaken by or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo["o]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo["o]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo["o]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo["o]l.) a The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. b A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. {Willy}.] A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also {twilly devil}, and {devil}. See {Devil}, n., 6, and {Willy}. --Tomlinson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel, Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr L. diabolus the devil, Gr ? the devil, the slanderer, fr ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf Skr. 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) 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.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo["o]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, or Diabolus ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devil \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Devil n 1: (Judeo-Christian religion) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell [syn: {Satan}, {Old Nick}, {Devil}, {the Devil}, {Lucifer}, {Beelzebub}, {the Tempter}, {Prince of Darkness}] 2: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief [syn: {fiend}, {demon}, {daemon}, {daimon}] 3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil" or "the deuce with it" or "the dickens you say" [syn: {deuce}, {dickens}] 4: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: {hellion}, {heller}] 5: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: {monster}, {fiend}, {demon}, {ogre}] v 1: cause annoyance in disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}] 2: coat or stuff with a spicy paste: "devilled eggs" From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Devil (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word devil" is the translation of the Hebrew _sair_, meaning a goat" or satyr" (Isa. 13:21; 34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In Deut. 32:17 and Ps 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew _shed_, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession (Matt. 12:25-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; 10:18, etc.).
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