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Definition of Tricking
1. a. Given to tricks; tricky.
2. n. Dress; ornament.
Definition of Tricking
1. Verb. (present participle of trick) ¹
2. Noun. dress; ornament ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tricking
1. trick [v] - See also: trick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tricking
Literary usage of Tricking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jesuits, 1534-1921: A History of the Society of Jesus from Its by Thomas Joseph Campbell (1921)
"... Bourbon Kings of Spain — Character of Charles III — Spanish Ministries —
O'Reilly — The Hat and Cloak Riot — Cowardice of Charles — tricking the monarch ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"The meaning of this word has not yet been discovered, though it must have some
relation to tricking and cheating. It occurs only in B. Jonson's description ..."
3. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"I do not know that his nature was so averse to any thing, as to a false tricking
knave, and such, coming in his way, provoked him almost to madness. ..."
4. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"... attorney in ist trial, disbarred for tricking. NY City. Mr 6 Petition signed
by over 100000 sent from Harlem for. Mr 22 Assembly pets petition signed by ..."
5. A General Dictionary of Painters: Containing Memoirs of the Lives and Works by Matthew Pilkington (1829)
"... as also the making of Colours for Limning, Painting, tricking, and Blazoning
of Coats of Arms. 1680. 4to." He is supposed to have died about 1650. ..."
6. Correspondence Between William Penn and James Logan, Secretary of the by William Penn, James Logan (1872)
"... tricking the present Governour out of a negro girl, with many other things,
leaves his character too legible. I write thus free to thee as a friend ..."
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