† dabletn.
Obsolete.
A little devil, an imp.
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dabletc1380
deviling1579
devilkin1656
po1678
diablotin1812
devileta1845
demonette1854
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 328 Þe fend moveþ þes debletis to fere Cristene men fro treuþe.
1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 68 Item to thare ij deblatis..xx s.
1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 239 Deblat.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 379 When the Weird Sisters had this voted, all in an voyce, The deid of [the] dablet.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 515 For the din of thir daiblets raisd all the deils.
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n.c1380- jewel anemone
- jewel bag
- jewel bearing
- jewel beetle
- jewel block
- jewel box
- jewel box clam
- jewel case
- jewel chest
- jewel coffer
- jewel heist
- jewel hole
- jewel house
- jewel in the crown
- jewel merchant
- jewel neck
- jewel neckline
- jewel office
- jewel pivot
- jewel robbery
- jewel safe
- jewel setter
- jewel stand
- jewel stone
- jewel thief