crafty+device
81design — /dəˈzaɪn / (say duh zuyn) verb (t) 1. to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed). 2. to plan or fashion artistically or skilfully. 3. to intend for a definite purpose. 4. to form or conceive in the mind; contrive;… …
82tap — I. /tæp / (say tap) verb (tapped, tapping) –verb (t) 1. to strike lightly but audibly; strike with slight blows. 2. to make, put, etc., by tapping. 3. to strike (the hand, foot, etc.) lightly upon or against something. 4. to add a thickness of… …
83lure — [loor] n. [ME < MFr leurre < OFr loirre, prob. < Frank or Goth * lōthr, akin to MDu loder, lure, OE lathian, to invite] 1. a device consisting of a bunch of feathers on the end of a long cord, often baited with food: it is used in… …
84screw — [skro͞o] n. [ME screwe < MFr escroue, hole in which the screw turns < L scrofa, sow, infl. by scrobis, vulva] 1. a) a mechanical device for fastening things together, consisting essentially of a cylindrical or conical piece of metal… …
85cunning — adj. & n. adj. (cunninger, cunningest) 1 a skilled in ingenuity or deceit. b selfishly clever or crafty. 2 ingenious (a cunning device). 3 US attractive, quaint. n. 1 craftiness; skill in deceit. 2 skill, ingenuity. Derivatives: cunningly adv.… …
86subtle — adj. (subtler, subtlest) 1 evasive or mysterious; hard to grasp (subtle charm; a subtle distinction). 2 (of scent, colour, etc.) faint, delicate, elusive (subtle perfume). 3 a capable of making fine distinctions; perceptive; acute (subtle… …
87FABLE — FABLE, an animal tale (according to the most general and hence most widely accepted definition), i.e., a tale in which the characters are animals, and which contains a moral lesson. The genre also includes tales in which plants or inanimate… …
88THE MIDDLE AGES — …
