单词 | devil's mark |
释义 | > as lemmasDevil's mark Devil's mark n. now historical an area on the skin said to have been made insensitive to pain (and frequently incapable of bleeding) by the Devil, as a sign of allegiance to him; cf. witch-mark n. at witch n. Compounds 2.Chiefly with the or in plural. ΚΠ ?1592 Newes from Scotl. sig. A.iii She would not confesse any thing vntill the Diuels marke was found vpon her priuities. 1628 in Dumbarton Burgh Rec. (1860) II. 37 Quha saw ane prene put to the heid be Mr Johnne Aird, minister, in the panellis schoulder being the devills mark and na bluid following [etc.]. 1661 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 602 The Magistrat and Minister caused Johne Kincaid, the comon pricker, to prik hir, and found tuo marks upon hir, which he called the Devill his markis. 1716 A. M. P. du Noyer Lett. from Lady at Paris II. xxvii. 62 He was narrowly search'd to find what they call the Devil's Mark. 1885 W. Ross Aberdour & Incholme xi. 328 ‘Who’, you say, ‘was the Brodder?’.. His office was to settle the question, whether those accused of being witches were so or not..by searching for the ‘devil's mark’ on their bodies, by ‘brodding’ or pricking it with a sharp needle. 1995 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World x. 182 As in satanic ritual abuse claims (and echoing ‘Devil's marks’ in the witch trials), the most common physical evidence pointed to are scars and ‘scoop marks’ on the bodies of abductees. 2014 Preternature 3 208 The Devil's mark, made when he drew blood or milk from the witch, seems to have derived from academic demonology. < as lemmas |
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