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The knave of a suit of playing cards.

To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.] How the knave jowls it to the ground. Shak.

Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay.

The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.

Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." Shak.

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. [Obs.] Carpet knight. See under Carpet. -- Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under Chevalier. -- Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem. See Hospitaler. -- Knight of the post, one who gained his living by givin…

s dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale.

To play on a lute, or as on a lute. Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.

The knave of clubs. [Obs.] Pope.

ial; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.

of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.

Artful; deceitful; skillful. [Obs.] "Cunning sleights and practick knavery." Spenser.

e; to chatter, or babble. What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate ! Dryden.

Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. 'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. Pope. Price current, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.

The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points.

A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat. The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. Pope.

A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [Slang, U.S.]

Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley.

A messmate; a companion. [Obs.] Scurvy knave! I am none of his firt-gills; I am none of his skainsmates. Shak.