See Also: windjammer(dictionary)

wily (iou) and windjammer (oh)


wily (iou)



wily adjective & adverb. ME.
[from WILE noun + -Y1.]
A. adjective. Full of or characterized by wiles; crafty, cunning; sly, artful. ME.
wily beguile, wily beguily arch. slang a wily person or action, esp. one excessively or counter-productively so.
Pope The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins..the Queen of Hearts. Guardian The wily old fox of South Asian Politics.
B. adverb. In a wily manner, wilily. LME-E17.
wilily adverb LME.
wiliness noun LME.

windjammer (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Because the large sails 'jam' or block the wind]
a large sailing ship of the type that was used for trade in the 19th century