deevils

Lord help ye! they are a kind of amphibious deevils, neither land nor water beasts neither English nor

Redgauntlet 2008

“Hear to the Hieland deevils,” said Mr. Jarvie; “they think themselves on the skirts of Benlomond already, where they may gang whewingand whistling about without minding Sunday or Saturday.”

Rob Roy 2005

‘Why should ye fash yoursel’,’ I heard him say once to Mr. Falkland, ‘aboot these young deevils like the

Robbery Under Arms 2004

He wasna fower meenits awa 'when the lot o' the dirty deevils -- that I shud ca 'them sic a name -- gaithered up Sandy's claes an' cam 'their wa's in the road, leavin' Sandy to get hame the best wey he cud.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Sandy wirrin 'awa' till himsel ', an' sayin 'ilky noo an' than -- "Ill-gettit little deevils; an 'me gae them an' orange box too!"

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

But to the point: I ance had a monkey, ane of the drollest-looking deevils ye ever saw.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 Various

They’re queer deevils; as my auld father used to say—they’re warst where they’re warst guided.

Chapter XXIV 1917

Thae smuggler deevils, when ony o’ them ’s killed in a fray, they’ll send for a wife like Meg far eneugh to dress the corpse—od, it’s a’ the burial they ever think o’! and then to be put into the ground without ony decency, just like dogs.

Chapter XLV 1917

'The deevils have entered into the spirit of my instructions,' he said.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

All was whisht as the grave, and the fire was by now nearly out, so that there were no flame-deevils to freeten me.

More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895