Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Deviling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deviling \Dev"il*ing\, n.
A young devil. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Devil \Dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deviled}or {Devilled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Deviling}or {Devilling}.]
1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a
devil.
2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking,
as with pepper.
A deviled leg of turkey. --W. Irving.
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