An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
An error; a blunder.
To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.