gulling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of gull

noun

1. An instance of duping or fooling someone.

   “Viola Svvagger vvorſe then a Lieutenant among freſhvvater ſouldiers, call me your loue, your ingle, your coſen, or ſo; but ſiſter at no hand. / Fuſt[igo]. No, no, it ſhall be cozen, or rather cuz that's the gulling vvord betvveene the Cittizens vviues and their old dames, that man em to the garden; […]”

   “The central position of the rogues in the plot gives unity to what could be merely a collection of gullings.”

   “Twelfth Night is replete with gullings, albeit of different degrees and durations.”