The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deviling \Dev"il*ing\, n.
A young devil. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
devil \dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deviledor Devilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Devilingor Devilling.]
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
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To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
A deviled leg of turkey.
--W. Irving.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A young devil.
Usage examples of "deviling".
It's full of devils, and they keep in practice with their work by deviling each other.
He would be sure to pass around information about our place down there, and people would find out about conditions in the future, and it would make the deviling business tougher.
What has been your real reason for deviling me ever since I entered this room?
All the time they had been gone, a man had been systematically deviling Renny Renwick.
Ilona would keep on deviling Vosnesensky, just as she had all during the long months of the flight here.
McCoy shot after Kirk into the elevator just as the doors closed, but Scott turned to Spock with a look of deviling appraisal.