GUILING

Verb

guiling

present participle of guile

Source: Wiktionary


GUILE

Guile, n. Etym: [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.]

Definition: Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.

Guile, v. t. Etym: [OF. guiler. See Guile, n.]

Definition: To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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