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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1551-1597
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Juglery, -erie, -arie, n. [ME. joglerie, jogelrye, iugelri, iugolori (a 1300), OF. jogelerie, joglerie, juglerie, later jouglerie. Cf. also Jouglarie.] a. Wizardry, magic, sorcery. b. Conjurers' illusions, tricks of legerdemain. Also attrib. with -trick. — a1400 Legends of the Saints x. 77.
God … To that towne send Sancte Mathew than, That al the jvglery vnhyd That thai twa be thare craftis ded 1551 Hamilton Catechism 49.
Quhasaevir usis wichecraft, nicromansie, enchantment, juglarie 1574 Acts III. 87/2.
Vsing subtile, crafty and vnlauchfull playis as juglerie fast and lowis 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Praestigiae, jugleriesattrib. 1597 James VI Dæmonol. 22.
[The Devil] will learne them manie juglarie trickes at cardes, dice, & such like
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