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deviling|ˈdɛv(ə)lɪŋ|
[f. devil n. + -ling or -ing; the suffixes being here confounded.]
1. A young devil; an imp or mischievous little creature.
[1575G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 98 Close to the britche like a Divelinge.] a1616Beaum. & Fl. Knt. of Malta v. ii, And engender young devillings. 1672R. Wild Declar. Lib. Consc. 9 His Divelings, the Officers and Clarks of that wondrous Kitchin. 1806Southey in Ann. Rev. IV. 540 He received the little deviling in a basket. 1849Sir J. Stephen Eccl. Biog. (1850) I. 310 The deviling..was about twelve years old and looked exactly like any other boy.
2. A local name of the Swift; also of the Pied Wagtail. (See quots.)
a1825Forby East Ang. Voc., Devilin, the species of swallow, commonly called the swift. 1826Sporting Mag. XVIII. 312 The bird called a Swift..more commonly a Devilin. 1837Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 614 Black Marten, Swift, Develing. 1885Swainson Prov. Names Brit. Birds 45 Pied Wagtail..Devil's bird or deviling (Ireland). From the constant uncanny motion of its tail. Ibid. 95 Swift..It is called Deviling (E. Angl., Lanc., Westm.).
3. The third or lowest vat used in the manufacture of indigo; called in French diablotin.
1731–7Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Anil, The second is call'd the Battery..And the third, which is much less than the second, is call'd the Deviling. As for the Name..I do not see how it agrees with it; unless it be because this Vat is deeper colour'd than the others. |