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devil, laattaiiit, pi. iiuitlxoiiiitooff, -coog 

 [innt-amtto or matche-anitto, the negative 

 or opposite of m'anitto, god, the not- 

 god or evil god] (Muh. mtandou or man- 

 iiilo, devil. "The last of these words 

 properly signifies a specter or anything 

 frightfur', Edwards, 2 Mass. II. C. x. 

 88. Del. inachtando or inatshbnimitiu, 

 devil, evil spirit, Hkw.) . It is probable 

 that this word was formed by Eliot or by 

 his Indian converts. The devil or evil 

 spirit of Indian mythology was called 

 Habamoiik, Hobbamoco, Ahbamocho, or 

 Chepie (Smith's Descr. of N. E. ; Jos- 

 selyn; Lechford). " Abbamocho or Chec- 

 pie many times smites them with in- 

 curable diseases, scares them with his 

 apparitions and panic terrors, by reason 

 of which they live in a wretched con- 

 sternation, worshipping tlie Devil for 

 fear", Josselyn, 3 Mass. H. C. in, 300. 

 "Another power they worship, whom 

 they call Hobbumock, and to the north- 

 ward of us, Hobbamoqai. This, as far 

 as we can conceive, is the Devil ' ' , Wins- 

 low's Relation (1624) . The etymology 

 of this name is not apparent; but che- 

 pie (Peq. cheeby, chepy, Stiles) , is a form 

 of cheppe or cMppe, separated, apart, 

 that which is distinct or separated from 

 us, that is, from the body 'or life. 

 Heckewelder explains the Delaware 

 "tschipey or tschHschank" (sometimes 

 wrongly used for "the soul or spirit of 

 man") as signifying a specter, spirit, 

 or ghost, and having "something ter- 

 rifyingabout it." "They call the place 

 or world they are to go to after death 

 Tschi-pey-ach-gink or TscMpeyhacking, 

 the world of spirits, specters, or ghosts, 

 where they imagine are varioas frightful 

 figures", Hkw., 2 Mass. H. C. .x, 147. 

 Eliot has chepl-ohke and chepioh-komuk 

 for hades, hell (the place of separation 

 or the land of spirits). So, cK&peck, 

 'the dead', R. W. [chippeog, they are 

 separated or apart]; fxee-e-p, 'ghost, 

 dead man', Nanticoke Voc. in 2 Mass. 

 H. C. X, 139. Squantuin, another name 

 for the evil spirit (Josselyn ; Higginson ) , 

 is clearly a contraction of musquantam, 

 'he is angry'. Roger Williams says 

 (109), "if it be but an ordinary acci- 

 dent, a fall, etc., they will say, 'God 



devil — continued. 



wa.s angry and did it; masquantammand, 

 God is angry.' " See spirit; God. 



devise. See consider. 



devote. See offer. 



devour. See eat. 



dew, iii,i-liij'/i'ig {mechipog, R. W.); iiee- 

 rhipagii-e /jiittippeshineadi, dew-drops 

 [7ieechati, it gives birth to or (pass.) 

 is born of, -pog, water]. 



dice, irunimiigonhdmmin, "to plity at dice 

 in their tray" {iimnnonk, a dish, EL; 

 iKumulug, a tray, E. W. ) ; asauanash, 

 "the painted plum stones, which they 

 throw", "a kind of dice, which they 

 cast in a tray with a mighty noise and 

 sweating", R. W., 145, 146. 



die, tiiippm, nnp, he dies or is dead; 

 suppos. part, nupuk, when he dies, 

 he dying; pi. nupukeg, the dead; insh 

 kenup, thou shalt die (kiionckquH, he is 

 dead, R. W.; nipwi, md,w [ = (wnaeM?], 

 he is gone, ibid. ; nippitch e.w6, let him 

 die, ibid. ; niphettitch, let them die, ibid. ; 

 puh minnup, I shall die, C.) [related to 

 neepan, he rises up, and nuppoh, a wing? 

 or to ahpcoteau, uppmteau, lit. 'with- 

 ers?']. See dead. 



difference, penmwomin, a difference or 

 unlikeness. See contend. 



different, penwire, strange, foreign, dif- 

 ferent, or unlike [related to j>mme, out 

 of the way; panneu, he goes out of the 

 way, errs, is astr^] ; penamvyenoj, it 

 is strange, different, or unlike. See 

 foreign; strange; stranger. 



difficult, xlogke (stokke, C. ; siuckat, hard, 

 R. W. ) ; suppos. siogkod, siogkok, when 

 or if it is hard or difficult; ne siogkok, 

 that which is difficult, a difficult mat- 

 ter. From see, seog, sour, bitter. See 

 hard. 



difficulty, siiigkeyenorik (vbl. n. art. I, a 

 hard matter, hard case, difficulty; in- 

 tens. sasioguk, pi. + ish, difficult matters. 



dig, kiittahham, he digs into or through, 

 or, he digs for or digs up (anything): 

 kattdhh'Diiirog wetuomMh, 'they dig 

 through houses'. Job 24, 16; v. i. 

 itk-kulhamuneau, they digge<l it (as, a 

 well; cf. icutUihhamunk, a.we^\). uou- 

 teaii, he digs a hole; naon-onteum, I 

 have digged a hole {nm-iconuhkonl.(i in , I 

 make progress by digging, or go on dig- 



