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DEVIL, I.n el'il angel, one oE Ihofe celdlial fpirils call
down (rom heal'en (or pretending 10 ~qual himfelf
wilh God. The Elhiopians paint Ihe devil while, 10
be evenwilh Ihe Europeans whopainl him black. There
isno menlion o( Ihe word devil in the Old Tenament,
but only o( the word Satan and He!ial: nDr do we
mm wi¡h it in any healhen aUlhors, in Ihe fen fe il is
¡~ken among Chrillians, Ihal is, as a m alure revolted
frmnGod. Their Iheology wenl no fmhcr Ihan10 e·
vil genii, or d:Emons.
Some o( Ihe American idolaters have a nOlion of
two collateral independent beings, one of whom is
good, aDd Ihe other evil i which laft they imagine has
¡he direétion and fuperiolendance of ¡his eanh, (or
which reafon Ihey chiefiy wor!hip him: whence ¡hofe
Ihal give us an account of ¡he religion oE Ihtfe favages
~Ive OUI, wilh fome improprielY, ¡ha¡ they worOlip
Ihe devil. The Chaldeans, in like manner, believed
bOlh a good principie and an evil one, which lalllhey
iruagined was an enemy 10 mankind.
lfaiah, (peaking, according 10 (ome commentators,
o( Ihe (aJl of Ihe devil, calls him Lucifer, (rom his
(ormer elevalion and nale o( glory : bUI olllers explain
Ihis pafTage of Haiah in reference 10 Ihe king of Baby.
Ion, who had beenprecipitated (rom hisIhrone and glo·
, y. The Arabians call Luci(er, Eblis, which (ome
think is only a diminulive or corruplion of the word
Diabolus.
DEV IL' IN'A'B US H, in bOlany. See NIGELLA.
DEvIL's BI,·. See SCABIOSA.
DEV lr CTION, in anliquilY, a kind o( love·char.n,
de(cribed by Virgil in ]¡is eighlh ecJogue: il confined
in Iying cenaio knots, and repealing aformula of words.
DEVISE, or DEV ICE, in heraldry, painling, and (culp.
lure, any' emblemufed 10 repre(ent a cenain family,
penon, aétion, or quality i wilh a (uilable mOllo, ap'
plied in a figuralive fen(e. See Mono.
DEV ISE, in law, Ihe aét whereby a per(on bequealhs his
lands or tenementslo another by his lan will and te(lamen¡.
DEVISE~, a borough town in Wilt!hire, eighteenmiles
nonh.wen o( Salilbury: W. long. 2° 6', and N. I.t.
S¡°2{ . lt (ends ¡wo membcrs 10 parliament.
DEUNX, in Roman antiquity, eleven ounces, or .g
pans of the libra. See LI BRA.
DEVOLUTION, in law, a right acquired by [umlli.
on (romone to another.
DEVONSHIRE, a counly in the wen of England,
bounrled by Ihe Brinol channe!, on Ihe nonh i by So·
n:er(etOtire and Dorfet!hire, on Ihe ean i by the Eng.
liOI channel, on Ihe [oulh i and by Cornwal, on Ihe
wen. From Ihis counly Ihe noble family o( Caven·
di!h lake Ihelitle o( duke.
DEVOTlO J, a fincere ardenl wor!hipof Ihe deily. See
PRAYER, ADORATION, WORSH IP, &c.
DEUTERONOMY, acaoonical book of Ihe Old Tena.
ment, and Ihe laft of the peotaleuch of Mofes. See
nI eLE.
DEUTEROPOTMI, in Grecian antiquily, a defigna.
tion givento fuch o( Ihe Alhenians as had beenIhought
dead, and, a(ler Ihe celebralion of Ibe funeral riles,
unexpeéttdly recomed, lt \Vas uolawfQI for Ihe deu.
D A
w opouni to enter into Ihe temple of Ihe Eumenides,
or 10 bt admi!led 10 Ihe holy riles, lill a(ler Ihey \Vere
purifi~d, by being let Ihrough Ihe lap o( a woman',
gown, Ihal Ihey mighl feem 10 be new born.
DEUn.ROSIS, Ihe Greek name by which Ihe JewI
c. lI,d Iheir Mi(chnah, or [econd law. Sée MISCH'
NAH .
DEUX PONTS, a cily o( Germany, in the palalinale
o( Ihe Rhinc, fixly miles nonh·ean o( Nancy: E.
long. 7° 15', and N. la\. 49° 2¡'.
DEW, a ¿en(e moill vapour, (Jlling on Ihe eanh in (orm
of a'miOi~g rain, whiie Ihe fun is below Ihe borizon.
Sec PNE UMATlCS.
DEW·HORN, in cOllnlry ~ffairs, adi(lcOlper incaule,
being a fwelling in the body, as much as Ihe Olin can
hold, fo Ihal (ome bea(ls are in danger o( burfiing.
This dinemper proceeds from Ihe greedinefs o( a beafi
10 feed, whcn pU! iOlo a rank panure: bUI commonly
when Ihe grafs is full o( waler. In Ihis cafe Ihe beafl
!houId be Ilirred IIp and down, and made 10 purge well :
but Ihe proper cUre is ble ding in Ihe laili Ihen takea
graled nutmeg, wilh an egg, and breaking Ihe 10p of
Ihe !hell, pUl Out fo much of Ihe while as you mayhave
room 10 Oip the nlllmcg imo Ihe !hell i mix lilem 10'
gelher, and Ihen lél !hell and all be pUl down Ihe
bean's throat j thal done, walk him up and down, and
he will foon mend.
DEXTANS, in Roman anliquilY, len ounees, or ~~ of
Iheir libra. See L,BRA.
DEXTER, in heraldry, an appellalion given10 whm·
ver belongs 10 Ihe right fide o( a OlidJ, or coal of
arms: Ihus \Ve fay, beod·dexler, dexler POiOI, &c.
Sce BEND, POI NT, &c.
DEXTROCHERE, or DESTROCHERE, in , is
applied 10 Ihe righl armpainted in a Olield, fomelimes
naked, (ometimes cJoalhed, or adorned wilh abrace·
lel i and fomelimes armed, or holding (ome moveable,
or member ufed in Ihe arms.
DEY, in matters of goveroment, Ih€{overeign prince o(
AIgiers, anfwering 10 the bay o( Tunis. Sec BEY.
DEYNSE, a lown of Flaoders, ninemiles (oulb wen of
Ghenl: E. long. 3° 30', N. la!. 51°. .
DI ABETES, in phyfic, an lexceffive di(charge of unne,
which comes away erude, and exceeds Ihe quanUly of
liquids drank. See MEDI CINE,
DIABOLUS. See DEVIL.
DIA BO LUS MARINUS. See RAlA .
DIA BOLU! METELLORUM, a litle given by chemifis 10
jupiler or tin, becau(e, when incorporaled wilh olher
melals, il renders Ihem uncapable of reduélioo, or at
lea(l very difficult 10 undergo thal operadon.
DIABROSIS, iD medicine. See ANABROSIS.
DIACARYON, iD pharmacy. See DI ANUCU.M.
DIACAUSTIC CURVE, a fpecies of Ihe cau(llc curves
formed by refraétion. . .
DIACHYLON, in pharmacy, an emollienl dlgefil.e
plainer, cDmpofed o( mucilages or "i(cid juices
from certain plants. •
DIACODIUM, in pharmacy, a (yrup prepar;:d (r~m
poppy heads. lt is alfo caJled Ihe (yrllpus de me~ooIO.
As il is of confequence !hal all !he circumnances ID Ihe
dircllion'