intransitive. Of a hunted or hunting animal: to double back or pursue a winding course as a ruse. Cf. havilon, n.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] (34) havilonc1400 intransitive. Of a hunted or hunting animal: to double back or pursue a winding course as a ruse. Cf. havilon, n. trantc1400 intransitive. To practise cunning devices; to employ cunning, craft, trickery, or deception. to draw a snecka1500 to draw a sneck, to act cunningly or stealthily. craft1530 intransitive. To act craftily; to use cunning or deception; to scheme. Obsolete. to play (the) fox1599 Phrases: †to catch, hunt the fox: to get drunk. to flay the fox: see flay, v. 6.to play (the) fox: (a) to act cunningly, (b) to sham. †to smell a fox… politize1623 intransitive. To engage in political affairs or relations; to be political. art1637 transitive with it. To use art or artifice. Obsolete. to have a sheep's eye1711 Phr. to have a sheep's eye: (a) to be timorous; (b) see quot. 1711. Obsolete. Subcategories:— so as to beguile oneself (1) — live by crafty devices (1) — machinate (5) — manage or manoeuvre (4) — be astute (3) — be evasive (5) — use devious means (2) — overreach (3) — use guile to elicit or obtain something (2) |
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