In many religions, the major personified spirit of evil, ruler of Hell, and foe of God Used with the, An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad, A wicked or malevolent person, transitive verb_ To annoy, torment, or harass, To tear up (cloth or rags) in a toothed machine, To season (food) heavily,
A shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface, A false bottom in a beer-can, by which customers were cheated, the nick below and the froth above filling up part of the measure, The devil_ usually with the addition of Old, transitive verb_ To cut a nick or notch in, To steal, To cut short; check,