† underdealingn.
Obsolete.
Underhand or secret action.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun]
night workOE
stealth1297
surreptionc1400
stouth1513
creeping1565
trunk-worka1616
underdealing1649
stoldred1654
underwork1814
hole-and-cornerism1873
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
swikingc1000
blindfolding?c1225
deceivancec1330
trechettingc1330
jugglingc1380
beguilingc1400
deceivingc1400
fagec1400
delusionc1420
sophisticationc1450
circumvention1534
illudinga1547
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
crossing1592
tricking1595
wiling?a1600
circumventing1603
practice1622
cheat1641
deluding1645
underdealing1649
amusement1658
conveyancing1676
bubbling1700
jockeyshipa1763
overreachinga1774
jockeying1779
beguilement1805
gaggery1819
trickstering1821
Jewing1842
wool-pulling1843
rigging1846
hoodwinking1858
old soldierism1866
old soldiering1867
fiddling1884
gold-bricking1901
wangling1911
finagling1926
hyping1968
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xii. 122 He..mentions not that by his underdealing to debaush Armies heer at home..hee had brought the Parlament into..a diffidence of him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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