■ noun
1》 a small, slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat. [ Mustela nivalis and other species.]
↘Irish term for stoat .
2》 informal a deceitful or treacherous person.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ling , ~led ; US ~s , ~ing , ~ed )
1》 achieve (something) through cunning or deceit.
2》 chiefly N. Amer. behave or talk evasively.
Phrases
~ words words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading.
Derivatives
~ly adjective
Origin
OE wesle , wesule , of W. Gmc origin.