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A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.] A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.

mpulsion. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster.

Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things. I. Taylor. -- Fraud"ful*ly, adv.

A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

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.

Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n.

One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

To buzz; to murmur. [Obs.] Huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. Latimer.

Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant. "The infidelity of friends." Sir W. Temple.

Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." Cowper.

out a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler. The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made. Blackstone.

The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a.

Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard. There's treachery in that Judas-colored beard. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.[Archaic] He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott.

That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot. Devilish machinations come to naught. Milton. His ingenious machinations had failed. Macaulay.

A blundering preacher.

character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is treacherous. Shak.