† devil's sheafn.Obsolete (perhaps) the portion belonging to the Devil.In earliest use probably a misunderstanding of or transmission error for devilshinen., reinterpreted by later printers as showing a compound of deviln. and sheafn.1
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1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) i. v. sig. aiiiiv/1 Make ye the pore men your frendes of the deuelsheue [a1450 Bodl. Th d.36 deuelshene, 1496 de Worde deuyllessheyf, 1536 Berthelet dyuelleshef] either richesses of wyckednes.