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eludium

eludium , a trick, wile; cf. deludium 1. b jest. a ~ia, i. deceptiones GlH E 209; Paradisi terrestris primicola viperina minus praesensit ~ia O. Cant. Pref. Frith. 11; s1049 contrarie partis conatus callido fallens ~io Chr. Rams. 170.  b rex ‥ alludens, in hoc prorupit ~ium: “si invenissem emptorem, Londoniam vendidissem” Devizes 27.

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