(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:40:09

Knav"er*y (?), n.; pl. Knaveries ().

1.

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak.

2. pl.

Roguish or mischievous tricks.

Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

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