Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Humbug

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Humbug


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.

(2):

(n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

(3):

(n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.

(4):

(v. t.) To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.