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nt is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing. Chaucer. Can you not see or will ye not observe . . . How insolent of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory Shak.

table insurance of the divine protection. Mickle. Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time th…

of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.

Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word. Dryden.

Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.

A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector Beau & Fl.

A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.

nhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.

Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]

liantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.

Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. [Colloq.]

A lacunar.

Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.

the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.

the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets. Limited liability. See Limited company, under Limited.

Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.[Archaic] He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott.

Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]

Tree lungwort, a lichen (Sticta pulmonacea) growing on trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of which it was once thought a remedy.

Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.