guile

n. [ OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile. ] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. guiler. See Guile, n. ] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]