cozening
11Cozenage — Coz en*age ( [asl]j), n. [See {Cozen}, and cf. {Cousinage}.] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
12Cozened — Cozen Coz en (k?z n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} ( n ?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by… …
13Emblem — Em blem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emblemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embleming}.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] [1913 Webster] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham …
14Emblemed — Emblem Em blem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emblemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embleming}.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] [1913 Webster] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham …
15Embleming — Emblem Em blem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emblemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embleming}.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] [1913 Webster] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham …
16Losing — Lo sing, a. [See {Losenger}.] Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick named Losing, that is, the… …
17The Alchemist (play) — The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King s Men, it is generally considered Jonson s best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most… …
18cozenage — /kuz euh nij/, n. 1. the practice of cozening. 2. the condition of being cozened. [1555 65; COZEN + AGE] * * * …
19smooth-tongued — a. Plausible, flattering, cozening, adulatory, smooth, smooth spoken, fair spoken …
20deceit — 1 Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, guile mean the quality, the habit, the act, or the practice of imposing upon the credulity of others by dishonesty, fraud, or trickery. Deceit usually implies the intent to mislead or delude; otherwise …
