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A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.

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  1. n. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
  2. n. An enticing look or glance.
  3. v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.
  4. n. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons.
  5. n. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything.
  6. 1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks Shak. 2. Etym: [Cf. Glicke] An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak. 1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] Pepys. Evelyn. 2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.]
  7. An enticing look or glance. [Obs.]A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.
  8. n. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. n. An enticing look or glance. v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. n. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. n. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything.