† tregetn.
Obsolete.
a. Jugglery; trickery, deceit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
swikec893
swikedomc893
dwalec950
braida1000
falsec1000
flerdc1000
swikelnessa1023
fakenOE
chuffingc1175
fikenungc1175
bipechingc1200
treachery?c1225
falseshipc1230
guilec1230
telingc1230
swikeheada1250
craftc1275
felony1297
wrench1297
deceitc1300
gabc1300
guiling13..
guilery1303
quaintisec1325
wrenk1338
beswiking1340
falsehood1340
abetc1350
wissing1357
wilec1374
faitery1377
faiting1377
tregetryc1380
fallacec1384
trainc1390
coverture1393
facrere1393
ficklenessc1397
falsagea1400
tregeta1400
abusionc1405
blearingc1405
deceptionc1430
mean?c1430
tricotc1430
obreption1465
fallacy1481
japery1496
gauderya1529
fallax1530
conveyance1531
legerdemain1532
dole1538
trompe1547
joukery1562
convoyance1578
forgery1582
abetment1586
outreaching1587
chicanery1589
falsery1594
falsity1603
fubbery1604
renaldry1612
supercherie1621
circumduction1623
fobbinga1627
dice-play1633
beguile1637
fallaxitya1641
ingannation1646
hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8675 Sco..stal mi liuand child a-wai; Bot i kneu wel be light o dai O þis treget [Gött. tresun] sco had me don.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6267 Sith they cowde not perceyve His treget, and his cruelte.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6825 By my treget I gadre & threste The gret tresour into my cheste.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 98 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 193 Þat gere fele men wene þat þai throw tryget are goddis verray.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 247 Of thi trigittis [1553 tragetis] quhat toung can tell the trible?
b. attributive or as adj. Juggling, deceitful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]
ficklea1000
hinderyeapc1000
swikelc1000
as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE
fakenOE
swikefulc1100
frakelc1175
swikec1175
wrenchfulc1225
wielfulc1275
ginfulc1300
guileful13..
treacherousc1330
guilesomea1382
guilousc1384
enginousa1393
deceivant1393
treacherc1400
serpentinec1422
deceivousa1425
guilyc1430
beguilous1483
slapea1500
fallacious1509
treget1519
gaudya1529
beguileful1530
Spanish1530
juggling?1531
snakish1532
prestigious?1534
knack-hardy1549
pratting1570
fogging1585
snakya1586
abusive1595
faithless1597
faiterous1600
guiled1600
trompant1605
amusing1609
braida1616
dodging1625
Ulyssean1639
tricksome1648
knackish1660
hocus-pocus1668
bubbling1675
rusé1689
tricking1697
trickish1705
lurching1728
tricksy1766
trickful1775
tricky1786
slippy1828
shirky1847
dodgy1861
sidewinding1902
slithery1902
hyping1968
deceiteous-
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 280v A iugler with his treget [printed troget] castis deceueth mens syght.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† tregetv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To practise juggling tricks.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > practise legerdemain, etc. [verb (intransitive)]
jugglec1440
tregetc1440
repass?1555
pass1589
hocus-pocus1687
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 501/1 Tregettyn, prestigior, pancracio.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun]
colea1307
jugglingc1380
tregetryc1380
jugglerya1400
tregettingc1440
legerdemaina1450
jocularya1500
conveyance1531
prestigiation?c1550
conjuring1577
figgum1631
prestigion1635
sleight of handa1640
hocus-pocus1647
sleight1664
jugglementa1708
thaumaturgy1727
conjurationa1734
ventriloquism1797
magic1831
prestidigitation1841
hocus1854
conjury1855
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 501/2 Tregettynge, mimatus, prestigium.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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