·vt To grain, or get away, by flattery.
II. Wheedle ·vi To Flatter; to Coax; to Cajole.
III. Wheedle ·vt To entice by soft words; to Cajole; to Flatter; to Coax.
A sharper. To cut a wheedle; to decoy by fawning or insinuation. Cant. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose