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