dévider, v.a., to wind (into skeins).

dévideu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., winder, reeler.

dévidoir, n.m., reel, skein-winder.

dévier, v.n., to swerve; to deviate; to glance off.

se dévier, v.r., to deviate, to swerve. — de son chemin; to deviate from one’s road.

devin, n.m., -eresse, n.f., diviner, augur, soothsayer. Serpent —; boa-constrictor.

deviner, v.a., to divine, to foretell, to predict; to guess, to guess at. Devinez ce que j’ai fait; guess what I have done. Cela se devine; it is easily imaginable; you can see it at a glance. — une énigme; to guess an enigma. En devinant; at a guess.

se deviner, v.r., to understand each other.

devinette, n.f., puzzle, poser, riddle.

devineu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., guesser.