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heat devil

American  

noun

  1. a wavering, shimmering disturbance of air above or around a hot surface.


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The thing closed in around the wildly struggling body, enwrapping it with exultant constrictions of its hell-born substance and diving, flapping, smoking heat devil, into the flame from whence it had sprung.

From Creatures of Vibration by Vincent, Harl

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