What is cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.] To learn a lewd man this subtility. Chaucer called?
subtilty — Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.] To learn a lewd man this subtility. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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