As wise as Waltham's calf, that ran nine miles to suck a bull.
·v Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. II. Wise ·v Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled. ...
·adj Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. ...
·adj Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious. ...
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A moral rather than an intellectual quality. To be "foolish" is to be godless (Ps. 14:1; comp. Judg....
[Magi] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great. ...