Definition of Blue devil

1. Noun. A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States.

Exact synonyms: Blue Thistle, Blueweed, Echium Vulgare, Viper's Bugloss
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Echium, Genus Echium

2. Noun. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic.
Exact synonyms: Amobarbital Sodium, Amytal, Blue, Blue Angel
Generic synonyms: Amobarbital

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Devil

blue chip
blue circle rate
blue circle rates
blue cod
blue cohosh
blue columbine
blue cone monochromatism
blue copperas
blue crab
blue cross
blue curls
blue daisy
blue darter
blue daze
blue dazes
blue devil (current term)
blue devils
blue dextran
blue disease
blue dome cyst
blue dot sign
blue dwarf
blue elder
blue elderberry
blue eye cod
blue false indigo
blue fever
blue fig
blue films

Literary usage of Blue devil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1904)
"PART II The wind went down with the sunset — The fog came up with the tide, When the Witch of the North took an Egg-shell (bis) With a little blue devil ..."

2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1893)
"I accept, and from henceforth you are mine body and soul," cried a terrible voice, and the beautiful Blanche turned into a devil, a blue devil standing by ..."

3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1817)
"Jon« Long's) blue devil, beat Mr. Good- lake's Grumbler. ... (Mr. Jones Long's) blue devil, beat Mr. Jones Long's Looby, and won the Cup ; Looby the Tankard ..."

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