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Definition: Laminaria saccharina
Mannite
\Man"nite\, n.
1. Same as
mannitol.
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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.
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Tangle
\Tan"gle\, n.
1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See
Tang seaweed.] (Bot.)
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the
Laminaria saccharina
. See
Kelp.
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Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the
palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley.
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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.
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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.
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Blue tangle. (Bot.)See
Dangleberry.
Tangle picker (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.
“That devil
Glendower.” “The devil drunkenness.” --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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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
Edolius 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
Laminaria 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 ursinus syn.
Diabolus ursinus
).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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