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Webster 1913 Edition
Wheedle
Whee′dle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wheedled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wheedling
.] [Cf. G.
wedeln
to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel
a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal
; akin to G. wehen
to blow, and E. wind
, n.] 1.
To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
The unlucky art of
wheedling
fools. Dryden.
And
wheedle
a world that loves him not. Tennyson.
2.
To grain, or get away, by flattery.
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I
wheedled
out of her. Congreve.
Whee′dle
,Verb.
I.
To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wheedle
WHEEDLE
,Verb.
T.
To learn th unlucky art of wheeling fools.
WHEEDLE
,Verb.
I.