devilingn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛvl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈdɛv(ᵻ)lɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdɛvl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈdɛv(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s divelinge, 1600s diveling, 1600s–1700s devilling, 1700s dev'ling, 1700s– deviling, 1800s develing, 1900s– devilin (Irish English (northern); in sense 3b); English regional; in sense 3a 1800s davelin (Norfolk), 1800s devlin (East Anglian), 1800s divvling (Lancashire), 1800s– develin, 1800s– devilin.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: devil n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < devil n. + -ing suffix¹ (compare -ling suffix¹).With sense 2 compare French diablotin a vat used in indigo manufacture (1722 or earlier in this sense: see diablotin n.). With sense 3b compare devil's bird n. 3.

1. A young devil; a demonic underling; an imp. Now rare.In quot. 1579-80 the exact sense is unclear; perhaps it refers to an item of clothing.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > little

dabletc1380

deviling1579

devilkin1656

po1678

diablotin1812

devileta1845

demonette1854

1579–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 98 Streyte to the dock like a shirte, and close to the britche like a Divelinge.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta v. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmm4/2 And engender young devillings.

1672 R. Wild Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 9 His Divelings, the Officers and Clarks of that wondrous Kitchin, have served his Table with all manner of Rost..sinners.

1771 W. Evans tr. R. Prichard Welshman's Candle 389 I see the' inferior Dev'lings, there.

1786 tr. P. J.-B. Legrand d'Aussy Tales 12th & 13th Cent. I. 238 Immediately they seized the little devilling who had made so bad a present.

1806 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 4 540 He received the little deviling [sc. Merlin] in a basket.

1839 J. Stephen in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 285 The deviling,—for it had no other parent than Satan himself,—was about twelve years old and looked exactly like any other boy.

1872 J. R. Beard Autobiogr. Satan iii. iii. 117 According to the Cabbalistic doctrine, God created four female devilings.

1920 H. Taylor tr. C. de Coster Flemish Legends i. 13 All this was brought about by the evil power and influence of the deviling.

2015 K. Richardson Seals (ed. 4) 188 Thousands of higher demons, shadow demons,..imps and other devilings..crowded the cliffs around her.

2. Dyeing. The third or lowest vat used in the manufacture of indigo dye, in which the indigo solids settle out. Cf. settler n. 4. Now historical.

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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used

litting-lead1485–6

vat1548

battery1737

deviling1737

winch1740

shaker1791

pastel-vat1838

wince1839

wincing-machine1839

tin-vat1865

jigger1893

jig1942

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for settling

settler1674

deviling1737

1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at 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.

1758 Universal Mag. Oct. 188/2 They also open the cocks at the bottom, that all the fæces may fall into the devilling or settler.

1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. ii. xi. 358 All the muddy water falls thro' that hole of the second vat into the third, which is the least, and is called the deviling (diablotin).

1852 Trans. Amer. Inst. N.-Y. 1851 442 in Docs. Assembly State N.-Y. (75th Session, Doc. No. 129) VII The third [vat] which is still smaller is called the deviling or settler.

1993 J. E. Chaplin Anxious Persuit vi. 196 Once the indigo was fixed, the sediment from the beater drained into the smallest vat, the ‘deviling’, or settler.

a. British regional. The common swift, Apus apus. Now historical.Also called devil, devil bird, devilet.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Apus > apus apus (swift)

martinet1440

martleta1460

marlet1530

swift1668

black martin1673

Apus1774

longwing1786

deviling1797

devilet1828

flap-wing1834

squealer1854

devil1885

devil bird1885

1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 259 (heading) The Swift. Black Martin, or Deviling.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Devilin, the species of swallow, commonly called the swift.

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 614 Black Marten, Swift, Develing.

1881 Bell's Life in London 16 July 11/3 Sharp angry screams emanating from troops of great crescent-winged swifts, ‘the devilings’ of the night.

1919 F. W. Frohawk Birds Beneficial to Agric. ii. 34 The Swift, also known as the Deviling and Screecher, possesses no song-muscles; its only note is a piercing harsh scream.

1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 112/2 Screech, the swift. Also called Squeaker and Deviling.

2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 8 The swift was black swallow, screech martin, black martin, skeer devil, deviling, and devil-screamer.

b. Irish English. The pied wagtail, Motacilla alba. Cf. devil's bird n. 3.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail)

washerc1325

washstarta1400

wevesterte14..

water swallow1544

dishwasher1575

water-wagtail1593

dishwater1674

seed bird1675

pied wagtail1744

willy wagtail1780

washerwoman1817

wash-dish1825

moll-washer1847

deviling1853

devil's bird1853

tinner1866

peggy1885

1853 J. J. Watters Nat. Hist. Birds Ireland 57 The Pied Wagtail... Willy Wagtail. Devil's Bird. Deviling.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 45 Pied Wagtail..Devil's bird or deviling (Ireland). From the constant uncanny motion of its tail.

1965 Ulster Folklife 11 102 In the South of Ireland..the pied wagtail is called the Devil's Bird or Deviling.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 95/2 Devilin, devil's bird, the pied wagtail Motacilla alba yarrelli.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deviling
释义	devilingn. Brit. /ˈdɛvl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈdɛv(ᵻ)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɛvl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈdɛv(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s divelinge, 1600s diveling, 1600s–1700s devilling, 1700s dev'ling, 1700s– deviling, 1800s develing, 1900s– devilin (Irish English (northern); in sense 3b); English regional; in sense 3a 1800s davelin (Norfolk), 1800s devlin (East Anglian), 1800s divvling (Lancashire), 1800s– develin, 1800s– devilin. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: devil n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < devil n. + -ing suffix¹ (compare -ling suffix¹).With sense 2 compare French diablotin a vat used in indigo manufacture (1722 or earlier in this sense: see diablotin n.). With sense 3b compare devil's bird n. 3. 1. A young devil; a demonic underling; an imp. Now rare.In quot. 1579-80 the exact sense is unclear; perhaps it refers to an item of clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > little dabletc1380 deviling1579 devilkin1656 po1678 diablotin1812 devileta1845 demonette1854 1579–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 98 Streyte to the dock like a shirte, and close to the britche like a Divelinge. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta v. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmm4/2 And engender young devillings. 1672 R. Wild Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 9 His Divelings, the Officers and Clarks of that wondrous Kitchin, have served his Table with all manner of Rost..sinners. 1771 W. Evans tr. R. Prichard Welshman's Candle 389 I see the' inferior Dev'lings, there. 1786 tr. P. J.-B. Legrand d'Aussy Tales 12th & 13th Cent. I. 238 Immediately they seized the little devilling who had made so bad a present. 1806 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 4 540 He received the little deviling [sc. Merlin] in a basket. 1839 J. Stephen in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 285 The deviling,—for it had no other parent than Satan himself,—was about twelve years old and looked exactly like any other boy. 1872 J. R. Beard Autobiogr. Satan iii. iii. 117 According to the Cabbalistic doctrine, God created four female devilings. 1920 H. Taylor tr. C. de Coster Flemish Legends i. 13 All this was brought about by the evil power and influence of the deviling. 2015 K. Richardson Seals (ed. 4) 188 Thousands of higher demons, shadow demons,..imps and other devilings..crowded the cliffs around her. 2. Dyeing. The third or lowest vat used in the manufacture of indigo dye, in which the indigo solids settle out. Cf. settler n. 4. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used litting-lead1485–6 vat1548 battery1737 deviling1737 winch1740 shaker1791 pastel-vat1838 wince1839 wincing-machine1839 tin-vat1865 jigger1893 jig1942 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for settling settler1674 deviling1737 1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at 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. 1758 Universal Mag. Oct. 188/2 They also open the cocks at the bottom, that all the fæces may fall into the devilling or settler. 1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. ii. xi. 358 All the muddy water falls thro' that hole of the second vat into the third, which is the least, and is called the deviling (diablotin). 1852 Trans. Amer. Inst. N.-Y. 1851 442 in Docs. Assembly State N.-Y. (75th Session, Doc. No. 129) VII The third [vat] which is still smaller is called the deviling or settler. 1993 J. E. Chaplin Anxious Persuit vi. 196 Once the indigo was fixed, the sediment from the beater drained into the smallest vat, the ‘deviling’, or settler. 3. a. British regional. The common swift, Apus apus. Now historical.Also called devil, devil bird, devilet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Apus > apus apus (swift) martinet1440 martleta1460 marlet1530 swift1668 black martin1673 Apus1774 longwing1786 deviling1797 devilet1828 flap-wing1834 squealer1854 devil1885 devil bird1885 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 259 (heading) The Swift. Black Martin, or Deviling. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Devilin, the species of swallow, commonly called the swift. 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 614 Black Marten, Swift, Develing. 1881 Bell's Life in London 16 July 11/3 Sharp angry screams emanating from troops of great crescent-winged swifts, ‘the devilings’ of the night. 1919 F. W. Frohawk Birds Beneficial to Agric. ii. 34 The Swift, also known as the Deviling and Screecher, possesses no song-muscles; its only note is a piercing harsh scream. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 112/2 Screech, the swift. Also called Squeaker and Deviling. 2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 8 The swift was black swallow, screech martin, black martin, skeer devil, deviling, and devil-screamer. b. Irish English. The pied wagtail, Motacilla alba. Cf. devil's bird n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail) washerc1325 washstarta1400 wevesterte14.. water swallow1544 dishwasher1575 water-wagtail1593 dishwater1674 seed bird1675 pied wagtail1744 willy wagtail1780 washerwoman1817 wash-dish1825 moll-washer1847 deviling1853 devil's bird1853 tinner1866 peggy1885 1853 J. J. Watters Nat. Hist. Birds Ireland 57 The Pied Wagtail... Willy Wagtail. Devil's Bird. Deviling. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 45 Pied Wagtail..Devil's bird or deviling (Ireland). From the constant uncanny motion of its tail. 1965 Ulster Folklife 11 102 In the South of Ireland..the pied wagtail is called the Devil's Bird or Deviling. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 95/2 Devilin, devil's bird, the pied wagtail Motacilla alba yarrelli. 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