equivoque

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The old ruffian grinned, and appeared to comprehend and to enjoy the equivoque.

From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas

Milton would not do as Peter Heylin did, who, when asked as to his religion, replied that he was a Catholic, which, in a Laudian, was but a natural equivoque.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

It almost always turns upon false relations and equivoque, whence jokers by profession usually possess minds as incorrect as they are superficial.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

One of the instances of the evils arising from the equivoque between faith and intellectual satisfaction or insight.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Aberdonian pronunciation produced on one occasion a curious equivoque between the minister and a mother of a family with whom he was conversing in a pastoral way.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman