Roguery
(Rogu"er*y) n.

1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.]

2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.

'Tis no scandal grown,
For debt and roguery to quit the town.
Dryden.

3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.

Rogueship
(Rogue"ship) n. The quality or state of being a rogue. [Jocose] "Your rogueship." Dryden.

Roguish
(Rogu"ish), a.

1. Vagrant. [Obs.] Spenser.

His roguish madness
Allows itself to anything.
Shak.

2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.

3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.

The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast.
Dryden.

Rogu"ish*ly, adv.Rogu"ish*ness, n.


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