What is the meaning of DEVIL SEAM. Phrases containing DEVIL SEAM
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To raise the devil is slang for to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble.
In the days of sail, paying the devil was a term for sealing the devil seam. It was a difficult and unpleasant job.
A euphemism for devil.
Dispirited. "I have the blue devils today.â€
Red Devils is slang for secobarbital.
An expletive, expressing wonder or vexation, sometimes used as a term for mischief.
Candle to the devil, To hold a
 To be evil
Red devil is London Cockney rhyming slang for a spirit level.
Give the devil his due is slang for be fair to someone.
Euphemism for hell or the devil.
Devil screecher is Dorset slang for a swift.
The old boy is slang for the Devil.
Evil is American slang for impressive, admirable.
Beat the Devil around the Stump
To evade responsibility or a difficult task. "Quit beatin' the devil around the stump and ask that girl to marry you."
Henry Meville is London Cockney rhyming slang for Devil.
The devil was possibly a slang term for the garboard seam, hence "between the devil and the deep blue sea" being an allusion to keel hauling.
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v. t.
To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.
n.
An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
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A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
a.
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
n.
Alt. of Devil bird
n.
An evil spirit; a demon.
v. t.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
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Devil; -- spelt also deel.
n.
malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
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A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil.
adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
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Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
n.
A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
v. t.
To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
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A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
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The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
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The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.
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An evil spirit; a devil.
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