Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
again + causa cause. See {Cause}, and cf. {Recusant}.]
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
{Ruse de guerre}[F.], a stratagem of war.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ruse
n : a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: {artifice}]
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