/wuyl/ , n. , v. , wiled, wiling .
n.
1. a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
2. wiles , artful or beguiling behavior.
3. deceitful cunning; trickery.
v.t.
4. to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.): The music wiled him from his study.
5. wile away , to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion: to wile away the long winter nights.
[ 1125-75; (n.) ME; late OE wil, perh. vel artifice, earlier * wihl- ]
Syn. 1, 2. deception, contrivance, maneuver. See trick. 3. chicanery, fraud.