lying
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lying englanniksi
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(Q)
The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
1854, Saint Augustine, ''Expositions on the Book of Psalms'', and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume VIII/Expositions on the Book of Psalms/Psalm LXIV|Psalm LXIV, translated by Schaff|Philip Schaff et al.
- But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?
(RQ:Taylor Twenty-five Sermons)
Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2): Then, Saunder, sit there, the lyingest knave in Christendom.
(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew): Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not: if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest knave in Christendom.
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