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nt is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing. Chaucer. Can you not see or will ye not observe . . . How insolent of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory Shak.

Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word. Dryden.

Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.

A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector Beau & Fl.

nhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.

Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]

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

Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]

Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.

Majestic. Cowley. An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M. Arnold. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n.

treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison . It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd.

se of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.

Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. Milton.

to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize. I am . . . too weak To oppose your cunning. Shak.

To exceed in cunning. [R.] Shak.

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.

Too knowing or too cunning.

To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.

Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson.