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EVIL a. 7 definitions
ties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop. A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit. Matt. vii. 18.
EVIL EYE n.
. See Evil eye under Evil, a.
EVIL-EYED a.
Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak.
EVIL-FAVORED a.
Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon. -- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.
EVIL-MINDED a.
Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.
EVILLY adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] "Good deeds evilly bestowed." Shak.
EVILNESS n.
The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
ALEPPO BOIL; ALEPPO BUTTON; ALEPPO EVIL n.
A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.
BEDEVIL v. 2 definitions
To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.
BEDEVILMENT n.
The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. [Colloq.]
BEVILE n.
A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc. Brit.
BEVILED; BEVILLED a.
Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
BREVILOQUENCE n.
A brief and pertinent mode of speaking. [R.]
DARE-DEVIL n.
A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. Ld. Lytton.
DARE-DEVILTRY n.
Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
DEMIDEVIL n.
A half devil. Shak.
DEVIL n. 8 definitions
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.
DEVIL'S DARNING-NEEDLE n.
A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.
DEVIL-DIVER; DEVIL BIRD n.
A small water bird. See Dabchick.
DEVILESS n.
A she-devil. [R.] Sterne.
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