Secret or enigmatical language.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
Of lines printed on paper as a handwriting guide: not bold; faint, light; also, of such paper: ruled with faint lines of this sort.
Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
To make a feint or mock attack.