Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WILE
WILE, n. [Sax. wile; Ice. wul; W. fel, fine, subtil.]
A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice. That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. – Eph. vi.
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