Meanings
deviling1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of devil
deviling2
noundeviling (plural devilings)
plural devilings
- A small or young devil.
Away French ſtallion, now you have a Barbary mare of your own, go leap her, and engender young devillings.
1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 95, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
deviling · verb
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