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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Caution; wariness; prudence.
  • noun Subtlety; craftiness; cunning; deceit; fraud.
  • noun Eccles., a detailed caution or written direction concerning the proper manner of celebrating the holy communion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Caution; prudence; wariness.
  • noun obsolete Craft; deceit; falseness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete deceit
  • noun obsolete caution; prudence; wariness

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  • noun.

    1. craftiness; trickery

    2. precaution

    October 28, 2008