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The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. 'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden.

The quality or state of being a rogue. [Jocose] "Your rogueship." Dryden.

A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.

Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.

An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.

A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.

Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

Same as Adder's-tongue.

Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.

t reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.

The squeteague.

appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

The tenrec.

An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt. Johnson.

A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.

A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder. [Cant]

A theologian. Dryden. Ye gentle theologues of calmer kind. Young. He [Jerome] was the theologue -- and the word is designation enough. I. Taylor.

The namaycush.

The power of articulate utterance; speech. Parrots imitating human tongue. Dryden.