Found 3 hits - Term: tasmanian devil, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tasmanian \tasma"nian\ ta^zm=a"ni^an, a.
of or pertaining to tasmania, or van diemen's land. -- n. a
native or inhabitant of tasmania; specifically ethnol., in
the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited tasmania,
but is now extinct.
1913 webster
tasmanian cider tree. bot. see the note under
eucalyptus.
tasmanian devil. zool. see under devil.
tasmanian wolf zool., a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also zebra wolf. see zebra wolf, under wolf.
1913 webster
see also:
tasmanian cider tree eucalyptus tasmanian devil devil tasmanian wolf zebra wolf
zebra wolf wolf
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
devil \dev"il\, n. as. de'ofol, de'oful; akin to g. ?eufel,
goth. diaba'ulus; all fr. l. diabolus the devil, gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. skr.
gal to fall. cf. diabolic.
1. the evil one; satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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jesus being forty days tempted of the devil.
--luke iv. 2.
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that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --rev. xii. 9.
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2. an evil spirit; a demon.
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a dumb man possessed with a devil. --matt. ix.
32.
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3. a very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "that devil
glendower." "the devil drunkenness." --shak.
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have not i chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --john vi. 70.
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4. an expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. low
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the devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --shak.
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the things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
but wonder how the devil they got there. --pope.
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5. cookery a dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with cayenne pepper.
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men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --sir
w. scott.
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6. manuf. a machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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blue devils. see under blue.
cartesian devil. see under cartesian.
devil bird zool., one of two or more south african drongo
shrikes edolius retifer, and edolius remifer,
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --longfellow.
devil's apron bot., the large kelp laminaria
saccharina, and laminaria longicruris of the atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
devil's coachhorse. zool.
a the black rove beetle ocypus olens. eng.
b a large, predacious, hemipterous insect prionotus
cristatus; the wheel bug. u.s.
devil's darning-needle. zool. see under darn, v. t.
devil's fingers, devil's hand zool., the common british
starfish asterias rubens; -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. prov. eng., irish scot.
devil's riding-horse zool., the american mantis mantis
carolina.
the devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"jack played the devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --f. hardman blackw. mag..
devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping, etc. "without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --macaulay.
tasmanian devil zool., a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of tasmania dasyurus ursinus syn. diabolus
ursinus.
to play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. low
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see also:
diabolic blue devils blue cartesian devil cartesian devil bird
edolius retifer edolius remifer devil may care devil's apron laminaria saccharina
laminaria longicruris devil's coachhorse ocypus olens prionotus cristatus devil's darning-needle
darn devil's fingers devil's hand asterias rubens devil's riding-horse
mantis carolina the devil's tattoo devil worship printer's devil tasmanian devil
dasyurus ursinus diabolus ursinus to play devil with
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tasmanian devil
n : small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black
coat and long tail syn: ursine dasyure, sarcophilus
hariisi
see also:
ursine dasyure sarcophilus hariisi
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