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False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak.

Having a deceitful look. [R.] "Deceitful meanings is double- eyed." Spenser.

Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. Milton.

Deceitful; deceptive. Glanvill.

Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.

Deceitfully. "A man that deals doubly." Huloet.

Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- E*lu"so*ri*ness, n.

Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By fallacy surprised. Milton.

Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.

To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]

Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.

Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a stairc…

Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.

One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. Sir J. Stephen.

Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal. Truth from illusive falsehood to command. Thomson.

Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.