quibble
81quiblin — quibˈlin noun (obsolete) A quibble • • • Main Entry: ↑quibble …
82chi|cane — «shih KAYN», noun, verb, caned, can|ing. –n. 1. = chicanery. (Cf. ↑chicanery) 2. a hand without trumps, in certain card games. 3. British. a) a raceway, especially a track for automobile racing. b) a sh …
83quib´bling|ly — quib|ble «KWIHB uhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. 1. an unfair and petty evasion of the point or truth by using words with a double meaning: »a legal quibble. To a plain understanding his objections seem to be mere quibbles (Macaulay).… …
84quib|ble — «KWIHB uhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. 1. an unfair and petty evasion of the point or truth by using words with a double meaning: »a legal quibble. To a plain understanding his objections seem to be mere quibbles (Macaulay). SYNONYM(S):… …
85so|phis|ti|cate — «verb, adjective. suh FIHS tuh kayt; noun. suh FIHS tuh kayt, kiht», verb, cat|ed, cat|ing, noun, adjective. –v.t. 1. to make experienced in worldly ways; cause to lose one s natural simplicity and frankness; make worldly wise: »They spoke out… …
86Ambages — Am*ba ges, n. pl. [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi , amb + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.] A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. [1913 Webster] After many ambages,… …
87Dodge — Dodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton. [1913… …
88Dodged — Dodge Dodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton. [1913 …
89Dodging — Dodge Dodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton. [1913 …
90Equivocate — E*quiv o*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Equivocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equivocating}.] [L. aequivocatus, p. p. of aequivocari to be called by the same name, fr. L. aequivocus: cf. F. [ e]quivoquer. See {Equivocal}, a.] To use words of equivocal or… …
