- (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
- (v.i.) To pun; to practice punning.
- (n.) A pun; a low conceit.
- (v.i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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