Whee"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Wheedled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wheedling (?).] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a
dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G.
wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]
1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter;
to coax.
The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
Dryden.
And wheedle a world that loves him not.
Tennyson.
2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I
wheedled out of her.
Congreve.
Whee"dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to
cajole.
Whee"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Wheedled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wheedling (?).] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a
dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G.
wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]
1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter;
to coax.
The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
Dryden.
And wheedle a world that loves him not.
Tennyson.
2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I
wheedled out of her.
Congreve.
Whee"dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to
cajole.