blue-devils

  • 1Blue Devils — may refer to:In botany: * Eryngium pinnatifidum , a plant from Western AustraliaIn military history: *The Fighting Blue Devils, nickname of the 88th Infantry Division (United States) of the United States Army in World War I and World War II *Blue …

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  • 2Blue devils — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. {Bluer} (bl[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a], D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu,… …

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  • 3Blue Devils — ist der Name mehrerer American Football Teams, wie beispielsweise der der Hamburg Blue Devils aus Deutschland Duke Blue Devils aus North Carolina, USA Blue Devils (Hohenems) aus Österreich und einer Eishockey Mannschaft, den Blue Devils Weiden… …

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  • 4blue devils — n. 1. delirium tremens or its hallucinations 2. a depressed feeling; the blues …

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  • 5blue devils — 1. n. melancholia; depression. □ Hank is down with the blue devils again. □ How do you get rid of the blue devils? 2. n. the delirium tremens. □ You wouldn’t think that a society dame like that would have the blue devils, would you? …

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  • 6Blue devils — Devil Dev il, n. [AS. de[ o]fol, de[ o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel, Goth. diaba[ u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr …

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  • 7blue devils — noun a state of depression he had a bad case of the blues • Syn: ↑blues, ↑megrims, ↑vapors, ↑vapours • Hypernyms: ↑depression * * * 1 …

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  • 8blue devils — blue′ dev′ils n. pl. 1) pat low spirits 2) pat delirium tremens • Etymology: 1780–90 …

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  • 9Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps — The Blue Devils Location Concord, CA Division …

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  • 10Blue Devils Weiden — 1. EV Weiden Größte Erfolge Aufstieg in die 2. Bundesliga 2003 Oberligameister 2003 Klassenerhalt in der 2. Bundesliga 03/04 Vereinsinfos Geschichte 1. EV Weiden (1985−2000) Blue Devils Weiden (seit 2000) …

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