'Hell-diver' definitions:
Definition of 'Hell-diver'
From: GCIDE
- Hell-diver \Hell"-div`er\, n. (Zool.) The dabchick. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hell-diver'
From: GCIDE
- Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zool.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and {pied-billed grebe}. [1913 Webster]