† tregetryn.
Obsolete.
Juggling; deception, trickery.
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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
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
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 410 Elles mot þei putt tregettrye and falsenes in Crist.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2774 The wich been so perfite of Nygramance, And of þe arte of apparene, and of tregetrie.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1624 Soche soteltie þai soght to solas hom with; The tables, the top, tregetre also.
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n.c1380- trunch-hole
- trunch-made
- trunched
- truncheon
- truncheon officer
- truncheon-bearer
- truncheon-fashion
- truncheon-sceptre
- truncheon-snake
- truncheon-wise
- truncheonbearer
- truncheoned
- truncheoneer
- truncheoner
- truncheonfashion
- truncheoning
- truncheonist
- truncheons
- truncheonsceptre
- truncheonsnake
- truncheonwise
- trunchfiddle
- trunchhole
- trunchmade
- trunchy