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To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak.

The Devil; Clootie; -- usually in the pl. Burns.

The Devil. "Satan, Nick, or Clootie." Burns.

from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

perament; disposition; character. [Obs.] The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.

r by the aid of supernatural powers. The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak. To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

ously wrinkled. Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

r its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

s or trouble. A day of clouds and of thick darkness. Joel. ii. 2. Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. "In the power of the Prince of darkness." Locke.

The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors. This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett. Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of th…

Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] Deil's buckie. See under Buckie.

d to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. [R.] Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went. Piers Plowman. Haarlem is a very delicate town. Evelyn.

An evil spirit; a devil. That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. Shak.

One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices. Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. Thackeray.

A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

To scatter; to disparkle. [Obs.] Mandeville.

The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.] [Low]

Devilish; excessive; extreme. [Low] -- Deu"ced*ly, adv.

Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.