devvel

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noun

A hard blow.

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Meanings

noundevvel (plural devvels)

plural devvels · alternative devel

  1. ScotlandA hard blow.

    "Weel," said the beggar, "that's the likeliest bit of ony—it will be but a muckle through-stane to kiver the gowd; tak the pick till't, and pit mair strength man—ae gud downright devvel will split it, I'se warrant ye—Ay, that will do—Odd, he comes on wi' Wallace's straiks!"

    1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary
verbdevvel (third-person singular simple present devvels, present participle devvelling, simple past and past participle devvelled)

present singular third person devvels · participle present devvelling · participle past devvelled · past devvelled · alternative devel

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo hit (something) hard.
  2. ScotlandtransitiveTo stun (someone) by hitting.
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APA

devvel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devvel

MLA

“devvel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devvel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devvel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devvel.

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