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   2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of
      kelp, especially from those of the {Laminaria saccharina},
      or devil's apron.

Tangle \Tan"gle\, n.
   1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.)
      Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria
      saccharina}. See {Kelp}.

            Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the
            palms of the ocean.                   --C. Kingsley.

   2. [From {Tangle}, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing,
      united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily
      disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle
      of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.

   3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to
      which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or
      other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes,
      sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the
      bottom of the sea.

   {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}.

   {Tangle picker} (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]

Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
   Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
   devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
   throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
   gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.]
   1. 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.

   2. An evil spirit; a demon.

            A dumb man possessed with a devil.    --Matt. ix.
                                                  32.

   3. 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.

   4. 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.

   5. (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.

   6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
      etc.

   {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}.

   {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}.

   {Devil bird} (Zo["o]l.), one of two or more South African
      drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. 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 {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean,
      having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat
      like an apron.

   {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.]
      (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
          cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]

   {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t.
      

   {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo["o]l.), the common
      British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a
      sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]

   {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a very savage carnivorous
      marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus}).
      

   {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]