deevil - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

* {{quote-book|year=1881|author=Margaret O. (Wilson) Oliphant|title=The Open Door, and the Portrait.|chapter=|edition= citation

|passage=If the deevil himsel was in the auld hoose, I have no interest in 't one way or another--" "Sandy, hold your peace!" cried his wife imperatively. " }}

* {{quote-book|year=1912|author=O. Douglas|title=Olivia in India|chapter=|edition= citation

|passage=The last I saw of her she had seized the khansamah's young assistant and was shouting at him, "Chokra--ye impident little black deevil , will you tell this moment, has there been an accident?" }}