To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed; also to invent some plausible tale, to delude shop-keepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard. CANT.
·vi To <<Muse>>; to <<Mediate>>. II. Amuse ·v To keep in expectation; to <<Beguile>>; to <<Delude>>...
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