tricking

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪkɪŋ/

Verb

tricking

present participle of trick

Noun

tricking (plural trickings)

Dress; ornament.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iv], line 77:
  Go get us properties / And tricking for our fairies.

Adjective

tricking (comparative more tricking, superlative most tricking)

(now rare) Deceptive; using trickery.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France:
  [I]t is the degenerate fondness for tricking short-cuts, and little fallacious facilities, that has in so many parts of the world created governments with arbitrary powers.

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