† ˈtregetry Obs.
Also tregetrie, -re, tregettrie, -rye.
[a. OF. tre(s)geterie (Godef.) enchantment, magic: see prec. and -ery, -ry.]
Juggling; deception, trickery.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 410 Elles mot þei putt tregettrye and falsenes in Crist. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1624 Soche soteltie þai soght to solas hom with; The tables, the top, tregetre also. 14.. Beryn 2774 The wiche been so perfite of Nygramance, And of þe arte of apparence, and of tregetrie. |