Lexic.us

Definition of Blue devil

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

2. Noun. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic.

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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