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rson, taken together. -- Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "`I am a coat card indeed.' `Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a doub…

To unite; to connect. [Obs.] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne.

s of contrary or opposite qualities. No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. Shak.

erverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak.

To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend. The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. Shak.

Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. With anxious care and crafty wiles. J. Baillie.

A spendthrift. [Obs.] Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave Drant.

Apostles. Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel. One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. R. Browning.

persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.

To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute. Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson. The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. Emerson.

the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.

A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.

A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang] Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek. Sat. Rev.

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

The knave of a suit of playing cards.

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

The navelwort.

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.