WILE, noun A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.
That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11.
WILE, verb transitive To deceive; to beguile. [Little used.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.