Also with capital initial. Esp. in Christian theology: the supreme spirit of evil, the tempter and spiritual enemy of humankind, the adversary of…

The Devil; a devil; also transferred.

An evil spirit; a demon. Also in the loath (also foul, wicked) ghost: the Devil. rare after 17th cent.

Esp. in Christian theology: the proper name of the Devil, the supreme embodiment or spirit of evil, the tempter and spiritual enemy of humankind…

The Devil; Satan. Obsolete.

A name for the Devil; = Satan, n. 1a.

With the. The Devil. Obsolete.

spec. The Evil One. (So Middle Swedish ovin.)

The evil one, the devil. (So Danish den onde.)

With the. The Devil.

spec. (with the). The Devil; Satan. Now only in to play (the) puck with. Irish English in later use.

The serpent, ‘more subtil than any beast of the field’, that tempted Eve (Genesis iii. 1–5); the Tempter, the Devil, Satan. Also, the Old Serpent…

An appellation of Satan, the ‘Old Serpent’.

Applied to the Devil. Obsolete.

The destroyer, a name given to the Devil.

the god of this world: the Devil, regarded as controlling or holding sway over the temporal world.

Chiefly Scottish in early use. (A name for) the Devil. Also (depreciative) applied to a man. Now rare.

(After Isaiah xxvii. 1.) The great enemy of God, Satan. Obsolete.

spec. The Devil. Cf. worse, n. 2b. Obsolete.

(a) the Devil; (b) Scottish (usually in form auld enemy; frequently with capital initials) England (spec. as viewed from Scotland, originally with…

cant. In specific sense (frequently with capital initial): the Devil, Satan. Chiefly in the ruffin cly you: ‘the devil take you’. archaic in…

A dismal person. The devil. Obsolete.

A nickname for: the Devil.

Bad in moral character, disposition, or conduct; inclined or addicted to wilful wrongdoing… of a person (or a community of persons).

Scottish. euphemistic. The devil. In later use frequently in the auld goodman. Now archaic and historical.

(The name of) a devil.

With the. A nickname for: the Devil. Cf. old (auld), ill thief at thief, n. 2b.

A person whose name is intentionally suppressed; occasionally, the Devil. somebody up there, God; a supernatural controlling power.

With allusion to the biblical episode (at Mark 5:9) of the man possessed by a multitude of demons (see… (The name of) a possessing devil. Also: Satan.

Also Lord of Flies. Beelzebub; the devil.

(a name for) the devil.

Chiefly in or with reference to Muslim countries or Islamic contexts. Satan, the Devil; a devil, an evil spirit.

A humorous or familiar name for: the Devil. Also (rare) with the.

The Devil. Cf. Old Nick, n.

The Evil One. rare.

euphemistic. The Devil. Occasionally more fully the old gentleman in black.

U.S. euphemistic. The Devil.

euphemistic. the gentleman in black and variants: the Devil. Now rare.

The personification or spirit of mischief, the devil. Originally, in exclamatory and interjectional phrases; often as a mere expression of…

(with the) the Devil.

the vicious one, ? the Evil One. rare.

with the = the Devil.

As the name of a male person of a particular class. Old Roger: (a humorous or familiar name for) the devil. Cf. old, adj. 14.

Also Lord of Flies. Beelzebub; the devil.

A name for: the Devil. Chiefly in Auld Simmie (cf. old, adj. 14).

A name for the devil, usually Old Scratch.

A familiar name for the Devil: see also old, adj. and Nick, n.2 to play Old Harry with: to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief…

A hobgoblin, a mischievous sprite; a demon, a devil. Now chiefly in Old Poker: the Devil, Satan. Cf. Tom Poker n. at Tom, n.1 compounds 1b(b).

Usually Auld Hornie: A name for: the devil. Scottish.

old (auld), ill thief: the Devil. Scottish dialect.

A humorous or familiar name for: the Devil.

Scottish. The Devil. Obsolete.

A name for: the Devil. rare.

As quasi-proper name: The evil one, the devil.

A ruler or leader of devils; a chief devil, esp. Satan.

The Devil. Cf. Old Nick, n.

As a name for the devil.