Obs. Also tregetrie, -re, tregettrie, -rye. [a. OF. tre(s)geterie (Godef.) enchantment, magic: see prec. and -ERY, -RY.] Juggling; deception, trickery.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 410. Elles mot þei putt tregettrye and falsenes in Crist.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 1624. Soche soteltie þai soght to solas hom with; The tables, the top, tregetre also.
14[?]. Beryn, 2774. The wiche been so perfite of Nygramance, And of þe arte of apparence, and of tregetrie.