Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 42
Develop (v. i.) 生長，發育；發展，進展 To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within. -- Mrs. Browning.
Develop (v. i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
Develop (v.) Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique".
Develop (v.) Work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" [syn: evolve, germinate, develop].
Develop (v.) Gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" [syn: develop, acquire, evolve].
Develop (v.) Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire].
Develop (v.) Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow].
Develop (v.) Change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up" [syn: build up, develop]
Develop (v.) Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate, formulate, develop].
Develop (v.) Create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate].
Develop (v.) Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
Develop (v.) Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time".
Develop (v.) Become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" [syn: modernize, modernise, develop].
Develop (v.) Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" [syn: develop, make grow].
Develop (v.) Generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone".
Develop (v.) Grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" [syn: develop, grow].
Develop (v.) Make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me".
Develop (v.) Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
Develop (v.) Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly".
Develop (v.) Move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook".
Develop (v.) Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop the melody and change the key".
Develop (v.) Happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" [syn: break, recrudesce, develop].
Develop (v.) Expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form".
Developable (a.) Capable of being developed. -- J. Peile.
Developable surface (Math.), A surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.
Developer (n.) 開發者；顯影劑，顯色劑 One who, or that which, develops.
Developer (n.) (Photog.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs.
Note: By the action of the developer, the latent image on a photographic plate or film, not perceptible to the eye after exposure in the camera, is developed and becomes visible.
Developer (n.) (Dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
Developer (n.) A corporation or individual who finances or organizes a real estate development [5].
Developer (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.
Developer (n.) someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use).
Developer (n.) Photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film.
Developer, () Programmer.
Developer, () A member of the Debian project.
Development (n.) 生長，成長，進化；發展，開發，研製 The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. -- Channing.
Development (n.) (Biol.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
Development (n.) (Math.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
Development (n.) (Math.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
Development (n.) (Mus.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
Development (n.) A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed; -- especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer[4] for sale to individuals.
Development theory (Biol.), The doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian.
Syn: Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth.
Development (n.) Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development".
Development (n.) A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer" [syn: development, evolution] [ant: degeneration, devolution].
Development (n.) (Biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" [syn: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment].
Development (n.) A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
Development (n.) The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" [syn: exploitation, development].
Development (n.) A district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments".
Development (n.) A state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess); "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen".
Development (n.) Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" [syn: development, developing].
Development (n.) (Music) The section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
Development, () The process of analysis, design, coding and testing software.
Developmental (a.) 發達的；開發的；啟發的 Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. -- Carpenter.
Developmental (a.) Of or relating to or constituting development; "developmental psychology".
Devenustate (v. t.) To deprive of beauty or grace. [Obs.] Devergence.
Devergence (n.) Alt. of Devergency.
Devergency (n.) 分歧；背離；分離；相異 See Divergence. [Obs.]
Devested (imp. & p. p.) of Devest.
Devesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devest.
Devest (v. t.) To divest; to undress. -- Shak.
Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
Note: This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.
Devest (v. i.) (Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Devex (a.) Bending down; sloping. [Obs.]
Devex (n.) Devexity. [Obs.] -- May (Lucan).
Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. [R.] -- Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)
Devi (n.) ; fem. of Deva. A goddess.
Devi (n.) Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects.
Deviant (a.) Deviating. [Obs.]
Deviant (a.) Having behavior or characteristics differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
Syn: deviate.
Deviant (a.) Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate].
Deviant (n.) A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate].
Deviated (imp. & p. p.) of Deviate.
Deviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deviate.
Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. -- Pope.
Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
Deviate (v. t.) To cause to deviate. [R.]
To deviate a needle. -- J. D. Forbes.
Deviate (a.) Having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior.
Syn: deviant.
Deviate (n.) A person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; -- used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable.
Syn: deviant.
Deviate (a.) Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate].
Deviate (n.) A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate].
Deviate (v.) Turn aside; turn away from [syn: deviate, divert].
Deviate (v.) Be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform].
Deviate (v.) Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding".
Deviate (v. i.) (Behaviour) 脫離；出格，違背規則 To do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving.
// The recent pattern of weather derivates from the norm for this time of year.
Deviate (v. i.) (Direction) 偏離，背離 To go in a different direction.
// The path follows the river closely, occasionally deviating around a clump of trees.
Deviation (n.) 越軌；偏向；誤差；偏航 The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
Deviation (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
Deviation (n.) (Com.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Deviation (n.) (Statistics, Physics) the difference between an expected value of an observation or measurement and the actual value.
Deviation of a falling body (Physics), That deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth.
Deviation of the compass, The angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship.
Deviation of the line of the vertical, The difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
Deviation (n.) A variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference].
Deviation (n.) The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function.
Deviation (n.) The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances.
Deviation (n.) Deviate behavior [syn: deviation, deviance].
Deviation (n.) A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation].
Deviation, Insurance, contracts. A voluntary departure, without necessity, or any reasonable cause, from the regular and usual course of the voyage insured.
Deviation, From the moment this happens, the voyage is changed, the contract determined, and the insurer discharged from all subsequent responsibility. By the contract, the insurer only runs the risk of the contract agreed upon, and no other; and it is, therefore, a condition implied in the policy, that the ship shall proceed to her port of destination by the. shortest and safest course, and on no account to deviate from that course, but in cases of necessity. 1 Mood. & Rob. 60; 17 Ves. 364; 3 Bing. 637; 12 East, 578.
Deviation, The effect of a deviation is not to vitiate or avoid the policy, but only to determine the liability of the underwriters from the time of the deviation. If, therefore, the ship or goods, after the voyage has commenced, receive damage, then the ship deviates, and afterwards a loss happen, there, though the insurer is discharged from the time of the deviation, and is not answerable for the subsequent loss, yet he is bound to make good the damage sustained previous to the deviation. 2 Lord Raym. 842 2 Salk. 444.
Deviation, But though he is thus discharged from subsequent responsibility, he is entitled to retain the whole premium. Dougl. 271; 1 Marsh. Ins. 183; Park. Ins. 294. See 2 Phil. Ev. 60, n. (b) where the American cases are cited.
Deviation, What amounts to a deviation is not easily defined, but a departure from the usual course of the voyage, or remaining at places where the ship is authorized to touch, longer than necessary, or doing there what the insured is not authorized to do; as, if the ship have merely liberty to touch at a point, and the insured stay there to trade, or break bulk, it is a deviation. 4 Dall. 274 1 Peters' C. C. R. 104; Marsh. Ins. B. 1, c. 6, s. 2. By the course of the voyage is not meant the shortest course the ship can take from her port of departure to her port of destination, but the regular and customary track, if such there be, which long us usage has proved to be the safest and most convenient. 1 Marsh. Ins. 185. See 3 Johns. Cas. 352; 7 T. R. 162.
Deviation, A deviation that will discharge the insurer, must be a voluntary departure from the usual course of the voyage insured, and not warranted by any necessity. If a deviation can be justified by necessity, it will not affect the contract; and necessity will justify a deviation, though it proceed from a cause not insured against. The cases of necessity which are most frequently adduced to justify a departure from the direct or usual course of the voyage, are, 1st. Stress of weather. 2d. The want of necessary repairs. 3d. Joining convoy. 4th. Succouring ships in distress. 5th. Avoiding capture or detention. 6th. Sickness of the master or mariner. 7th. Mutiny of the crew. See Park, Ins. c. 17; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1187, et seq.; 2 John. Cas. 296; 11 Johns. R. 241; Pet. C. C. R. 98; 2 Johns. Rep. 89; 14 Johns. R. 315; 2 Johns. R. 138; 9 Johns. R. 192; 8 Johns. Rep. 491; 13 Mass. 68 13 Mass. 539; Id. 118; 14 Mass. 12 1 Johns. Cas. 313; 11 Johns. R. 241; 3 Johns. R. 352; 10 Johns. R. 83; 1 Johns. R. 301; 9 Mass. 436, 447; 3 Binn. 457 7 Mass. 349; 5 Mass. 1; 8 Mass. 308 6 Mass. 102 121 6 Mass. 122 7 Cranch, 26; Id. 487; 3 Wheat. 159 7 Mass. 365; 10 Mass. 21 Id. 347 7 Johns. Rep. 864; 3 Johns. R. 352; 4 Dall. R. 274 5 Binn. 403; 2 Serg. & Raw. 309; 2 Cranch, 240.
Deviation, contracts. When a plan has been adopted for a building, and in the progress of the work a change has been made from the original plan, the change is called a deviation.
Deviation, When the contract is to build a house according to the original plan, and a deviation takes place, the contract shall be traced as far as possible, and the additions, if any have been made, shall be paid for according to the usual rate of charging. 3 Barn. & Ald. 47; and see 1 Ves. jr. 60; 10 Ves. jr. 306; 14 Ves. 413; 13 Ves. 73; Id. 81 6 Johns. Ch. R. 38; 3 Cranch, 270; 5 Cranch, 262; 3 Ves. 693; 7 Ves. 274; Chit. Contr. 168; 9 Pick. 298.
Deviation, The Civil Code of Louisiana, art. 2734, provides, that when an architect or other workman has undertaken the building of a house by the job, according to a plot agreed on between him and the owner of the ground, he cannot claim an increase of the price agreed on, on the plea of the original plot having been changed and extended, unless he can prove that such changes have been made in compliance with the wishes of the proprietor.
Deviator (n.) One who, or that which, deviates.
Deviatory (a.) Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] -- Tully.
Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
His device in against Babylon, to destroy it. -- Jer. li. 11.
Their
recent device of demanding benevolences. -- Hallam.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. -- Job v. 12.
Device (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
I must have instruments of my own device. -- Landor.
Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields. -- Addison.
A banner with this strange device Excelsior. -- Longfellow.
Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived. -- Shak.
Device (n.) A spectacle or show. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Device (n.) Opinion; decision. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Device (n.) Any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.
Syn: Contrivance; invention; design; scheme; project; stratagem; shift.
Usage: -- Device, Contrivance. Device implies more of inventive power, and contrivance more of skill and dexterity in execution. A device usually has reference to something worked out for exhibition or show; a contrivance usually respects the arrangement or disposition of things with reference to securing some end. Devices were worn by knights-errant on their shields; contrivances are generally used to promote the practical convenience of life. The word device is often used in a bad sense; as, a crafty device; contrivance is almost always used in a good sense; as, a useful contrivance.
Device (n.) An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water".
Device (n.) Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.
Device (n.) Any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" [syn: device, gimmick, twist].
Device (n.) Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
Device (n.) An emblematic design (especially in heraldry); "he was recognized by the device on his shield".
Peripheral
Device
Peripheral device.
(Or "peripheral device", "device") Any part of a computer other than the CPU or working memory, i.e. disks, keyboards, monitors, mice, printers, scanners, tape drives, microphones, speakers, cameras, to list just the less exotic ones.
High speed working memory, such as RAM, ROM or, in the old days, core would not normally be referred to as peripherals. The more modern term "device" is also more general in that it is used for things such as a pseudo-tty, a RAM drive, or a network adaptor.
Some argue that, since the advent of the personal computer, the motherboard, hard disk, keyboard, mouse, and monitor are all parts of the base system, and only use the term "peripheral" for optional additional components.
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Deviceful (a.) Full of devices; inventive. [R.]
A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread. -- Chapman.
Devicefully (adv.) In a deviceful manner. [R.]
Devil (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.
[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. -- Luke iv. 2.
That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. -- Rev. xii. 9.
Devil (n.) An evil spirit; a demon.
A dumb man possessed with a devil. -- Matt. ix. 32.
Devil (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." -- Shak.
Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? -- John vi. 70.
Devil (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low]
The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. -- Shak.
The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. -- Pope.
Devil (n.) (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. -- Sir W. Scott
Devil (n.) (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), One of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, Reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. -- Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), The large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.) (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), The common British starfish ({Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), The American mantis ({Mantis Carolina).
The Devil's tattoo, A drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels." -- F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, Worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, The youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." -- Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), A very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus ursinus syn. Diabolus ursinus).
To play devil with, To molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
Deviled (imp. & p. p.) of Devil.
Devilled () of Devil.
Deviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devil.
Devilling () of Devil.
Devil (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
Devil (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
A deviled leg of turkey. -- W. Irving.
Devil-diver (n.) Alt. of Devil bird.
Devil bird (n.) (Zool.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.
Deviless (n.) A she-devil. [R.] --Sterne.
Devilet (n.) A little devil. [R.] --Barham.
Gray (a.) Any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
These
gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. -- Sir I.
Newton.
Gray (a.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
Gray (a.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
Gray (a.) Gloomy; dismal.
Gray antimony (Min.), Stibnite.
Gray buck (Zool.), The chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), Smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), Tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zool.), The gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
Gray falcon (Zool.) The peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zool.), The female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), A name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the American striped mullet ({Mugilid[ae] albula), and the white or silver mullet ({Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See Mullet.
Gray owl (Zool.), The European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zool.), An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zool.), A Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zool.), The dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zool.), A rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
Gray whale (Zool.), A rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
Manta ray (n.) An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.
Devilfish (n.) (Zool.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.
Devilfish (n.) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus.
Devilfish (n.) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.
Devilfish (n.) The goosefish or angler ({Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.
Cephaloptera (n.) (Zool.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta birostris) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish, sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.
Deviling (n.) A young devil. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Devilish (a.) Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
Devilish (a.) Extreme; excessive.
Devilism (n.) The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils. -- Bp. Hall.
Devilize (v. t.) To make a devil of. [R.]
He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he that should devilize him. -- Bp. Hall.
Devilkin (n.) A little devil; a devilet.
Devilment (n.) Deviltry. -- Bp. Warburton.
Devilries (n. pl. ) of Devilry.
Devilry (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
Stark lies and devilry. -- Sir T. More.
Devilry (n.) The whole body of evil spirits. -- Tylor.
Devil's darning-needle () (Zool) A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.
Devilship (n.) The character or person of a devil or the devil. --Cowley.
Deviltries (n. pl. ) of Deviltry.
Deviltry (n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. --C. Reade.
Devilwood (n.) (Bot.) A kind of tree ({Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.
Devious (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.
Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
Syn: Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- De"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- De"vi*ous*ness, n.
Devirginate (a.) Deprived of virginity. [R.]
Devirginate (v. t.) To deprive of virginity; to deflour. [R.] -- Sandys.
Devirgination (n.) A deflouring. [R.] --Feltham.
Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.
Devisable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.
Devisal (n.) A devising. -- Whitney.
Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devise.
Devising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devise.
Devise (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
Devise (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.
Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
Fines upon devises were still exacted. -- Bancroft.
Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will.
Devise (n.) Device. See Device. [Obs.]
Devisee (n.) (Law) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.
Deviser (n.) One who devises.
Deviser (n.) A person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver, deviser]
Devisor (n.) (Law) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.
Devisor (n.) Someone who devises real property in a will
Devisor A testator; One, who devises his real estate.
Devisor. As a general rule all persons who. may sell an estate may devise it. The disabilities of devisors may be classed, in three divisions. 1. Infancy. In some of the United States this disability is partially removed; in Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi and Ohio, an unmarried woman at the age of eighteen years may devise. 2. Coverture. In general, a married woman cannot devise; but in. Connecticut and Ohio she may devise her lands; and in Illinois, her separate estate. In Louisiana, she may devise without the consent of her husband. Code, art. 132. 3. Idiocy and non sane memory. It is evident that a person non compos can make no devise, because he has no will.
Devisor. The removal of the disability which existed at the time of the devise does, not, of itself, render it valid. For example, when the husband dies, and the wife becomes a feme sole; when one non compos is restored to his sense; and when an infant becomes of age; these several acts do not make a will good, which at its making was void. 11 Mod. 123, 157; 2 Vern. 475; Comb, 84; 4 Rawle, R. 3.36. Vide. Testament or ill.