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Devilled vs Bevilled - What's the difference?

devilled | bevilled |

As adjectives the difference between devilled and bevilled

is that devilled is possessed of the Devil while bevilled is notched with an angle like that enclosed by a carpenter's bevel; said of a partition line of a shield.

As a verb devilled

is past tense of devil.

devilled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (devil)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • possessed of the Devil
  • grilled with a piquant sauce

    • Derived terms

    * devilled kidneys

    bevilled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * beviled

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Notched with an angle like that enclosed by a carpenter's bevel; said of a partition line of a shield.
    • (Webster 1913)