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t in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. Addison. The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. Shak.

To illumine; to enlighten. [R.] Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. Pope.

Excitation; instigation; encouragement. Dishonest fomentation of your pride. Young.

Very black. [Obs.] As any raven's feathers it shone forblack. Chaucer.

conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.

Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

tude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.

Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker.

y strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.

Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive. Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other. Tillotson.

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.

Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. W. Montagu.

ood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuin method to obviate dishonesty. Locke.

A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.

A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames.

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

In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland.

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

d in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.

A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [Western U. S.]