† ˈcoggery Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ery.]
The practice of cogging; deception, trickery; also, concr. a trick, deception.
| 1602 W. Watson Quodlibets Relig. & State 195 (T.) This is a second false surmise or coggerie of the Jesuits. 1603 Harsnet Pop. Impost. 163 The children of lyes, coggeries, and Impostures. 1612 T. James Jesuits' Downf. 13 To get mony, with all manner of falsehood and coggerie. |