A crooked, cunning, or wily action or device; a trick, wile, or artifice. Frequently coupled with wile.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device (60) wrenchc888 A crooked, cunning, or wily action or device; a trick, wile, or artifice. Frequently coupled with wile. craftOE Skill or ingenuity used to deceive, mislead, or to secure an unfair advantage. As a count noun: an example of cunning or deceitful behaviour; a… turnc1225 A cunning device; a trick, a wile, a stratagem; a prank. Now Scottish. ginc1275 An instance or product of ingenuity; a contrivance, scheme, or device. Also: an artifice, a trick (cf. engine, n. 2). Obsolete. play?a1300 An act or proceeding, esp. of a treacherous, crafty, or underhand kind; manner of action, method of proceeding; a trick, dodge, racket, scam. Now… enginec1300 An instance or a product of ingenuity; a contrivance or means. In a bad sense: a plot, a snare, a wile. Obsolete. wrenkc1325 = wrench, n.1 1. Frequently coupled with wile. forsetc1330 ? A stratagem. sleightc1340 A cunning trick; an artful device or design; a piece of subtle dealing or policy, intended to deceive or mislead; an artifice, ruse, stratagem, or… knackc1369 A trick; a device, artifice; formerly often, a deceitful or crafty device, a mean or underhand trick; later esp. an adroit or ingenious method of… cautel138. A crafty device, artifice, stratagem; a trick, sleight, deceit. subtletya1393 A cunning or crafty scheme; an artifice; a trick; a clever stratagem. Obsolete. wilea1400 Without implication of deceit: A subtle contrivance; a skilful device or scheme; an artifice, ‘dodge’. Obsolete or merged in preceding sense. tramc1400 A cunning contrivance or device; a machination, plot, scheme. wrinkle1402 A crooked or tortuous action; a crafty device; a trick or wile. Obsolete. artc1405 A stratagem, wile, or cunning device; a contrivance. Chiefly in plural. policy?1406 A device, a contrivance, an expedient; a stratagem, a trick. Obsolete. subtilityc1410 A cunning or crafty scheme; a trick; a clever stratagem; = subtlety, n. 3a. Obsolete. subtiltyc1440 A cunning or crafty scheme; a trick; a clever stratagem; = subtlety, n. 3a. Obsolete. jeopardy1487 A device, trick, stratagem. Obsolete. jouk1513 A sudden elusive movement; a quick turn out of the way; figurative a ‘dodge’. to give (a person) the jouk: to give the slip, to elude, escape from. pawka1522 Scottish. A trick, an artifice, a cunning device. Obsolete. frask1524 A trick. false point?1528 Of a balance, measure: Not truly adjusted, incorrect. Also, Of play: Unfair. Of dice: Loaded so as to fall unfairly. false point n. a stroke of… conveyance1534 (with a and plural) A secret or cunning device, an artifice, a trick of jugglery. Obsolete. compass1540 A crafty contrivance or artifice; a stratagem. fineness1546 Shrewdness, astuteness; adroitness in deceit or evasion; cunning, craftiness. Also: a clever or devious stratagem, a ploy. Obsolete (rare after… far-fetch?a1562 A deeply-laid or cunning stratagem. stratagem1561 A plan, a scheme; esp. one devised to achieve a particular end, gain an advantage, or outwit an opponent; (often with the implication of… finesse1562 A clever or devious stratagem, a trick. Cf. fineness, n. 4. entrapping1564 The action of entrap, v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. convoyance1578 Originally and chiefly Scottish. Ingenious or devious management or contrivance; a cunning stratagem or trick. Cf. conveyance, n. 11. lift1592 An act of lifting or stealing; in older use, †a shift, trick. Obsolete exc. dialect. imagine1594 A device, contrivance, subtle means. Cf. imaginement, n. agitation1600 The consideration, debate, or discussion of a matter, esp. a plan; the urging or promotion of a proposal; planning, scheming. Also: a scheme, a… subtleship1614 A cunning or crafty act, a trick; = subtlety, n. 3a. artifice1620 Now the usual sense. An ingenious expedient, a clever stratagem; (chiefly in negative sense) a manoeuvre or device intended to deceive, a trick. navation1628 A contrivance, a scheme, a plan. wimple1638 A crafty turn or twist; a wile. Scottish. rig1640 colloquial. A dishonest or fraudulent scheme or enterprise; a trick, a swindle. Also: something used to deceive or defraud a person. lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 transferred and figurative. An assumed appearance; a pretence, stratagem. undercraft1691 A sly, underhand trick. fly-flap1726 A stroke with a fly-flap; (in quot. 1726) figurative, an adroit manœuvre, a cunning prank. Obsolete. management1736 A contrivance, device; a piece of trickery. Obsolete. fakement1811 A scheme or device (typically for some dishonest purpose), a ploy, a dodge, a trick; (sometimes more vaguely) a thing, an item. old tricka1822 a frequently used stratagem; (more generally) a habit or idiosyncrasy, frequently in up to one's old tricks. fake1829 In earliest use: an activity or action, typically one characterized by dishonesty or deception. Later (from the mid to late 19th century) usually… trickeration1940 A trick or stratagem (see also quots. 1940 1970). swiftie1945 An act of deception, a trick or sleight; = roughie, n. 3. Also in to pull a swiftie (cf. to pull a fast one at fast, adj. phrases 3, and pull, v.… shrewdie1961 A cunning trick. rare. Subcategories:— collectively (2) — playful or amorous (1) — petty or contemptible (1) — for raising money (1) — designed to trap or catch (4) |
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