cony-catching | rabbit-catching; trickery, evasion, knavery |
device | excuse, evasion, subterfuge |
directly | straightforwardly, rightly, without evasion |
invention | devising excuses, capacity for evasion |
shift | evasion, subterfuge, device |
slip | counterfeit coin; also: evasion |
starting-hole | bolt-hole, loophole, evasion |