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  • noun Plural form of wile.

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Examples

  • Then I heard a voice say to me, ‘O thou duck, beware of the son of Adam and be not imposed on by his words nor by that he may suggest to thee; for he aboundeth in wiles and guiles; so beware with all wariness of his perfidy, for again I say, he is crafty and right cunning even as singeth of him the poet,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Mr. Groom was young, and the temptress, if younger, was skilled in wiles.

    A Little Bush Maid 1910

  • He recalled the wiles that had been employed to induce him to attend a function in a Jesuits 'chapel, in an obscure nook of London; the same agencies had been employed there; then, as now, the influence of Clare Arundel had been introduced to sway him when all others had failed.

    Lothair Benjamin Disraeli 1842

  • We do not offer men any special protections against the "wiles" of women, so why do women need such protection?

    Becker on Polygamy, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Is there no self-awareness on Roth's part about what a cliche of feminine 'wiles' this is?

    the misogyny post (updated) N A 2008

  • Amelia had been a bit vague about exactly what kind of wiles they would be practicing, but she had promised to remember her mother's words.

    Gabriel's Lady Seymour, Ana 1996

  • Scriptures speak of the "wiles" or subtle methods of the devil (Eph. 6: 11, 12).

    The Great Doctrines of the Bible William Evans 1910

  • Scriptures speak of the "wiles" or subtle methods of the devil (Eph. 6: 11, 12).

    The Great Doctrines of the Bible William Evans 1910

  • Scriptures speak of the "wiles" or subtle methods of the devil (Eph. 6: 11, 12).

    The Great Doctrines of the Bible William Evans 1910

  • And yet in this young woman was the most complete lack of any dependence upon 'wiles' that platform ever saw.

    The Convert 1907

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