Chapter Devil-may-care to Devil's Current of D by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

is Asmodeus; theatrical manager is Kobal; master of ceremonies, Verdelet; court fool is Nybbas. (Victor Hugo: Toilers of the Sea.)

Devil's Candle So the Arabs call the mandrake, from its shining appearance at night. (Richardson.)

"Those hellish fires that light
The mandrake's charnel leaves at night."
T. Moore: Fire Worshippers.

Devil's Current (The). Part of the current of the Bosphorus is so called, from its great rapidity.

Devil's Daughter's Portion (The). The saying is -

"Deal, Dover, and Harwich,
The devil gave with his daughter in marriage,"xs

   because of the scandalous impositions practised in these seaports on sailors and occasional visitors. (Grose: Classical Dictionary, etc.)